Senate Convenes
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Bills discussed (138)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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SR71
· 8 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Senate resolution 71. to walk in the other.”
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REQUESTING THAT SENATOR DISMANG BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 15 AS A … | J. Dismang | Sine Die adjournment |
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SJR15
· 6 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “the consideration of Senate joint Resolution 15”
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A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL … | J. Dismang | Approved by the Governor. |
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SR60
· 6 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “time. We'll come back to those next. We will go to Senate Resolution 60. Senate resolution”
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TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LIONS WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 4A STATE … | Dees | Sine Die adjournment |
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SB347
Act 1025
· 4 mentions in chapter
Matched: “Hester Motion to recall SB347 from House for amendment”
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TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL SERVICES AND … | C. Penzo | Notification that SB347 is now Act 1025 |
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SB596
Act 940
· 4 mentions in chapter
Matched: “SB596 - Sen. McKee: Motion to Expunge vote by which SB596 passed”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT … | M. McKee | Notification that SB596 is now Act 940 |
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SR74
· 4 mentions in transcript
Matched: “recommended pass calendar. Senate resolution 74 by Senator Irving. To recognize the”
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TO RECOGNIZE THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, FEATURING FOUR (4) PLAYERS FROM … | Irvin | Sine Die adjournment |
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HB1847
Act 798
· 3 mentions in chapter
Matched: “Hester Motion to recall HB1847 from House”
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TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS RACING COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE SELF-EXCLUSION LIST. | McAlindon | Notification that HB1847 is now Act 798 |
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HB1917
Act 839
· 3 mentions in chapter
Matched: “HB1917 M. Shepherd Hester TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PU…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO … | M. Shepherd | Notification that HB1917 is now Act 839 |
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SB643
· 3 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…certain public utilities report to the legislative council, Senate Bill 643. Insurance and commerce.”
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TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES TO … | D. Sullivan | Sine Die adjournment |
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HB1662
· 2 mentions in chapter
Matched: “HB1662 B. McKenzie B. Johnson TO PROHIBIT LOBBYING FOR A COVERED F…”
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TO PROHIBIT LOBBYING FOR A COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY. | B. McKenzie | Died in House at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1762
Act 1009
· 2 mentions in chapter
Matched: “Motion to suspend the rules to adopt HB1762”
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TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN AN AGRICULTURAL … | Hall | Notification that HB1762 is now Act 1009 |
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HB1832
Act 975
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…mmended pass. Calendar Committee on Judiciary to him as for House Bill 1832 by Representative Shepherd recommend Du pass calendar Commi…”
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TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE … | M. Shepherd | Notification that HB1832 is now Act 975 |
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HB1865
Act 976
· 2 mentions in chapter
Matched: “HB1865 - TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINS…”
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TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST A CHILD. | Vaught | Notification that HB1865 is now Act 976 |
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HB1913
Act 928
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…commended past calendar Committee on Transportation was for House Bill 1913 by Representative Moore recommended pass. Calendar committe…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S LICENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS … | J. Moore | Notification that HB1913 is now Act 928 |
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HB1926
Act 980
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…s calendar Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill 1926 by I'm gonna recommend do pass calendar Committee on Transp…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE … | Unger | Notification that HB1926 is now Act 980 |
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HB1991
Act 1020
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “Local, to whom was for House Bill 1991 for represented Child's recommended to pass”
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TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION … | Childress | Notification that HB1991 is now Act 1020 |
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HB2001
Act 932
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…mmended calendar Committee on Transportation and he was for house Bill 2001 by Representative Painter”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND … | Painter | Notification that HB2001 is now Act 932 |
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SB106
Act 898
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…budget, 71 by joint budget, Senate Bill 81 by joint budget Senate Bill 106 by budget, Senate Bill 124. a joint budget symbol 241 by Ce…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB106 is now Act 898 |
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SB124
Act 899
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…, Senate Bill 81 by joint budget Senate Bill 106 by budget, Senate Bill 124. a joint budget symbol 241 by Center Scott compared the rog…”
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AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB124 is now Act 899 |
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SB36
Act 890
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…so about 34 by joint budget, send Bill 35 by joint budget, Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, send bill 40 by joint budget, sending 41 b…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF AGING, ADULT, AND BEHAVIORAL … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB36 is now Act 890 |
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SB397
Act 931
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…s calendar Committee on Transportation to whom was referred Senate Bill 397 by”
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TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RAIL EMPLOYEES IN REPORTS INVOLVING RAILROAD FATALITIES. | D. Wallace | Notification that SB397 is now Act 931 |
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SB51
Act 893
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…, send bill 40 by joint budget, sending 41 by joint budget, Senate Bill 51, my joint budget in Bill 52”
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AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR COORDINATOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB51 is now Act 893 |
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SB55
Act 895
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “by joint budget, Senate Bill 55 by joint budget, 71 by joint budget, Senate Bill 81 by join…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB55 is now Act 895 |
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SB622
· 2 mentions in chapter
Matched: “Davis Motion to suspend rules to add SB622 to calendar”
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TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON A TIRE RETAILER FROM CHARGING OTHER FEES TO A PERSON … | B. Davis | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB637
Act 1018
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…n recommend Du pass calendar on joint budget team was first Senate Bill 637 by Central”
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TO AMEND THE REVENUE STABILIZATION LAW; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | J. Dismang | Notification that SB637 is now Act 1018 |
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SB81
Act 897
· 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…budget, Senate Bill 55 by joint budget, 71 by joint budget, Senate Bill 81 by joint budget Senate Bill 106 by budget, Senate Bill 124.…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM - STATE PARKS AND TOURISM … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB81 is now Act 897 |
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HB1003
Act 871
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1003 House Management Hammer AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF RE…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL … | House Management | Notification that HB1003 is now Act 871 |
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HB1063
Act 875
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1063 J. Mayberry Crowell TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EX…”
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TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS … | J. Mayberry | Notification that HB1063 is now Act 875 |
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HB1085
Act 802
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1085 K. Brown English TO ADOPT FEDERAL LAW CONCERNING TAX-DEFERR…”
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TO ADOPT FEDERAL LAW CONCERNING TAX-DEFERRED TUITION SAVINGS PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND THE INCOME TAX … | K. Brown | Notification that HB1085 is now Act 802 |
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HB1106
Act 872
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1106 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE APPROPRIATI…”
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AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that HB1106 is now Act 872 |
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HB1126
Act 873
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1126 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF EARLY CH…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD APPROPRIATION FOR THE … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that HB1126 is now Act 873 |
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HB1142
Act 859
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1142 A. Brown Dotson TO CREATE THE REPRODUCTIVE EMPOWERMENT AND…”
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TO CREATE THE REPRODUCTIVE EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT THROUGH OPTIMAL RESTORATION (RESTORE) ACT. | A. Brown | Notification that HB1142 is now Act 859 |
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HB1178
Act 993
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Committee on Judiciary to whom was referred House Bill 1178 by Representative Richardson recommended to pass. Calendar.…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY; TO AMEND THE LAW … | R. Scott Richardson | Notification that HB1178 is now Act 993 |
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HB1185
Act 799
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1185 L. Johnson Penzo TO ADOPT THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT I…”
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TO ADOPT THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS. | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1185 is now Act 799 |
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HB1187
Act 858
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1187 Vaught Payton TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT FOR M…”
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TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. | Vaught | Notification that HB1187 is now Act 858 |
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HB1285
Act 856
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1285 L. Johnson Boyd TO ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR AMBUL…”
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TO ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE'S OPERATORS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES. | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1285 is now Act 856 |
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HB1290
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1290 L. Johnson Boyd TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH WELLN…”
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TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS SUPPORT OF … | L. Johnson | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB13
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ss. Calendar. Committee on Education to whom was forward to House Bill 13-12 by Representative Brooks recommended due pass. Calendar.…”
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Pre-2017 bill | ||
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HB1428
Act 855
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1428 Steimel Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC LODGING; AN…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC LODGING; AND TO PROVIDE A BED HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR … | Steimel | Notification that HB1428 is now Act 855 |
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HB1433
Act 828
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1433 K. Moore Irvin TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS…”
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TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS EXECUTING OR SERVING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION … | K. Moore | Notification that HB1433 is now Act 828 |
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HB1439
Act 853
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1439 Ladyman Flippo TO REMOVE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE D…”
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TO REMOVE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM LICENSURE AS A … | Ladyman | Notification that HB1439 is now Act 853 |
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HB1456
Act 852
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1456 Rose Hill TO AMEND THE STATE KIDNEY DISEASE COMMISSION TO B…”
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TO AMEND THE STATE KIDNEY DISEASE COMMISSION TO BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE DEPARTMENT … | Rose | Notification that HB1456 is now Act 852 |
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HB1458
Act 851
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1458 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CREDENTIALING…”
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TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CREDENTIALING INFORMATION" WHEN THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD IS PROVIDING … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1458 is now Act 851 |
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HB1491
Act 874
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1491 Wardlaw Dismang CONCERNING THE EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN BEER A…”
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CONCERNING THE EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN BEER AND SAKE; TO CREATE AN EXCISE TAX CREDIT … | Wardlaw | Notification that HB1491 is now Act 874 |
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HB1529
Act 827
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1529 S. Meeks Penzo TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL C…”
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TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND … | S. Meeks | Notification that HB1529 is now Act 827 |
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HB1537
Act 850
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1537 Ladyman Dees TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES…”
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TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. | Ladyman | Notification that HB1537 is now Act 850 |
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HB1562
Act 941
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1562 Gazaway Caldwell CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEAS…”
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CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEASE OF FARMLANDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING … | Gazaway | Notification that HB1562 is now Act 941 |
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HB1580
Act 801
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1580 Gramlich Petty TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORM…”
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TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHEN … | Gramlich | Notification that HB1580 is now Act 801 |
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HB1585
Act 849
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1585 L. Johnson Hammer TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FROM LICENSURE AS…”
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TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FROM LICENSURE AS A HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICE TO AN ENTITY THAT … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1585 is now Act 849 |
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HB1627
Act 877
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1627 Barnett Murdock TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RE…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF; AND TO REQUIRE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE NOTICE … | Barnett | Notification that HB1627 is now Act 877 |
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HB1646
Act 917
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1646 McGrew McKee TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN L…”
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TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA. | McGrew | Notification that HB1646 is now Act 917 |
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HB1672
Act 800
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1672 McCollum Boyd TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO C…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC … | McCollum | Notification that HB1672 is now Act 800 |
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HB1680
Act 811
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1680 Vaught B. Johnson TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUS…”
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TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUSINESS FROM LEASING LAND; AND TO PROHIBIT A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY … | Vaught | Notification that HB1680 is now Act 811 |
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HB1685
Act 1008
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1685 Underwood Hester TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO A…”
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TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND … | Underwood | Notification that HB1685 is now Act 1008 |
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HB17
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ss. Calendar. Committee on Education to whom was forward to House Bill 17-19 by Representative Vault recommended due pass. Calendar.…”
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Pre-2017 bill | ||
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HB1706
Act 829
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1706 McCollum Hester TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS; AND…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT RANKED CHOICE VOTING. | McCollum | Notification that HB1706 is now Act 829 |
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HB1719
Act 905
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…commend due pass calendar Committee on Education and as for House Bill 1719 by Representative Volt recommend DuP pass calendar Committe…”
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TO AMEND THE DAYS INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MATERNITY LEAVE DAYS APPROVED BY … | Vaught | Notification that HB1719 is now Act 905 |
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HB1730
Act 830
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1730 M. Brown Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AN…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF WHOLESALE PERMITS. | M. Brown | Notification that HB1730 is now Act 830 |
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HB1732
Act 878
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1732 Vaught Leding TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDU…”
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TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION ALLOWED FOR A TEACHER'S CLASSROOM INVESTMENT. | Vaught | Notification that HB1732 is now Act 878 |
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HB1739
Act 814
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1739 M. Brown Dees TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIA…”
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TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIALS ACT. | M. Brown | Notification that HB1739 is now Act 814 |
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HB1764
Act 831
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1764 Underwood Bryant AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A VIOLA…”
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. | Underwood | Notification that HB1764 is now Act 831 |
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HB1767
Act 863
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1767 L. Johnson Irvin TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES…”
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TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1767 is now Act 863 |
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HB1768
Act 815
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1768 Lundstrum Irvin TO REQUIRE A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CONTRACT…”
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TO REQUIRE A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CONTRACT RELATING TO A HOST FEE TO BE VOTED … | Lundstrum | Notification that HB1768 is now Act 815 |
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HB1783
Act 834
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1783 Clowney Petty TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS TO … | Clowney | Notification that HB1783 is now Act 834 |
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HB1786
Act 826
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1786 Brooks Bryant TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR A TUITION BENEFIT…”
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TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR A TUITION BENEFIT TO SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL … | Brooks | Notification that HB1786 is now Act 826 |
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HB1793
Act 804
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1793 Duke Dees TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF POSITIVE B…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. | Duke | Notification that HB1793 is now Act 804 |
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HB18
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ss. Calendar. Committee on Education to whom was forward to House Bill 18-74 by Representative McKenzie recommended due pass. Calenda…”
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Pre-2017 bill | ||
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HB1805
Act 805
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1805 Childress Hammer TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BULLYING"; AND…”
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TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BULLYING"; AND TO CREATE A PROCESS WHEREBY A PUBLIC SCHOOL … | Childress | Notification that HB1805 is now Act 805 |
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HB1807
Act 879
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1807 Eaves Payton TO AMEND THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT…”
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TO AMEND THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT HELD FOR RESALE AND USED FOR RENTAL … | Eaves | Notification that HB1807 is now Act 879 |
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HB1809
Act 880
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1809 Warren McKee TO ALLOW FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY A TRUST OR A LI…”
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TO ALLOW FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY A TRUST OR A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TO QUALIFY … | Warren | Notification that HB1809 is now Act 880 |
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HB1817
Act 865
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1817 L. Johnson Boyd TO ESTABLISH ELIJAH'S LAW IN ARKANSAS; AND…”
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TO ESTABLISH ELIJAH'S LAW IN ARKANSAS; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1817 is now Act 865 |
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HB1826
Act 866
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1826 Bentley Wallace TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR DELIVERY OF A NEWBO…”
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TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR DELIVERY OF A NEWBORN IN A LICENSED BIRTHING CENTER. | Bentley | Notification that HB1826 is now Act 866 |
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HB1833
Act 806
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1833 M. Shepherd Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSION…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. | M. Shepherd | Notification that HB1833 is now Act 806 |
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HB1837
Act 999
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1837 McAlindon Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN … | McAlindon | Notification that HB1837 is now Act 999 |
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HB1850
Act 867
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1850 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GROUND AMBULAN…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICES; TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1850 is now Act 867 |
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HB1853
Act 835
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1853 J. Moore Penzo TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AGENCY RELATIONS…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AGENCY RELATIONSHIP AND DUTIES RELATED TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES; AND … | J. Moore | Notification that HB1853 is now Act 835 |
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HB1855
Act 818
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1855 Ennett Hammer TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE POWERS AND D…”
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TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND … | Ennett | Notification that HB1855 is now Act 818 |
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HB1863
Act 836
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1863 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGE…”
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TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1863 is now Act 836 |
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HB1869
Act 868
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1869 L. Johnson Irvin TO CREATE THE MATERNAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT…”
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TO CREATE THE MATERNAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO ORGANIZE … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1869 is now Act 868 |
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HB1870
Act 840
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1870 Wing McKee CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS; AND TO ALLO…”
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CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS; AND TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE A VOTER … | Wing | Notification that HB1870 is now Act 840 |
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HB1875
Act 841
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1875 Tosh Crowell TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF AN IGNI…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE; AND TO PROVIDE … | Tosh | Notification that HB1875 is now Act 841 |
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HB1876
Act 927
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Committee on Transportation, who was deferred House Bill 1876 by Representative Scott, recommended to pass. Calendar. Com…”
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REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL. | R. Scott Richardson | Notification that HB1876 is now Act 927 |
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HB1893
Act 819
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1893 M. Brown Hammer TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BU…”
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TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL … | M. Brown | Notification that HB1893 is now Act 819 |
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HB1894
Act 842
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1894 Beaty Jr. Gilmore TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OF VALUATION FOR RE…”
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TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OF VALUATION FOR REAL PROPERTY USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND TO … | Beaty Jr. | Notification that HB1894 is now Act 842 |
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HB1895
Act 843
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1895 Dalby Tucker TO ALLOW A CORPORATION OR VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIO…”
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TO ALLOW A CORPORATION OR VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION TO EMPLOY IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT AFFILIATES OF … | Dalby | Notification that HB1895 is now Act 843 |
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HB1898
Act 837
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1898 Painter Crowell TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE R…”
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TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE … | Painter | Notification that HB1898 is now Act 837 |
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HB1901
Act 844
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “.HB1901 Milligan TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES COLLECTE…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES. | Milligan | Notification that HB1901 is now Act 844 |
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HB1902
Act 845
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1902 Milligan Crowell TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CERTIFICATE…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AND BOND; AND TO AMEND THE … | Milligan | Notification that HB1902 is now Act 845 |
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HB1918
Act 810
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1918 McAlindon Dotson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGA…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A … | McAlindon | Notification that HB1918 is now Act 810 |
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HB1921
Act 824
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1921 Torres Dees TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT…”
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TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; TO AMEND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS … | Torres | Notification that HB1921 is now Act 824 |
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HB1922
Act 881
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1922 Maddox Dismang TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2…”
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TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003; TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR … | Maddox | Notification that HB1922 is now Act 881 |
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HB1923
Act 838
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1923 Maddox Hester TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ACT…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NATURAL STATE … | Maddox | Notification that HB1923 is now Act 838 |
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HB1925
Act 846
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1925 Beaty Jr. Gilmore AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENT…”
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTER … | Beaty Jr. | Notification that HB1925 is now Act 846 |
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HB1928
Act 820
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1928 M. Brown Crowell TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOIL NUTRIENT APPLIC…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOIL NUTRIENT APPLICATION AND POULTRY LITTER UTILIZATION ACT. | M. Brown | Notification that HB1928 is now Act 820 |
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HB1929
Act 797
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1929 McAlindon Dotson TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARI…”
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TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING … | McAlindon | Notification that HB1929 is now Act 797 |
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HB1933
Act 912
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ss. Calendar. Committee on Education to whom was forward to House Bill 1933 by Representative McCollum recommended due pass.”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO CREATE A … | McCollum | Notification that HB1933 is now Act 912 |
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HB1935
Act 882
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1935 Eaves Gilmore TO CREATE A MODERNIZATION AND AUTOMATION TAX…”
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TO CREATE A MODERNIZATION AND AUTOMATION TAX CREDIT TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT BY EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN … | Eaves | Notification that HB1935 is now Act 882 |
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HB1937
Act 821
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1937 Jean Caldwell TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL…”
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TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL RIGHTS UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § … | Jean | Notification that HB1937 is now Act 821 |
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HB1938
Act 807
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1938 Joey Carr English TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE…”
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TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1938 is now Act 807 |
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HB1939
Act 808
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1939 Joey Carr English TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIV…”
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TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1939 is now Act 808 |
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HB1941
Act 809
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1941 Joey Carr English CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS…”
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CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE … | Joey Carr | Notification that HB1941 is now Act 809 |
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HB1942
Act 1023
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1942 L. Johnson Davis TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR…”
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TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WITHIN RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS. | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1942 is now Act 1023 |
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HB1943
Act 962
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1943 L. Johnson Davis TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZ…”
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TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; TO IMPROVE THE ENROLLMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS … | L. Johnson | Notification that HB1943 is now Act 962 |
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HB1954
Act 869
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1954 Andrews Irvin TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGIS…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT; AND TO INCLUDE QUALIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS UNDER … | Andrews | Notification that HB1954 is now Act 869 |
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HB1960
Act 1013
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1960 Wardlaw Stone TO PROVIDE THAT THE LESSEE OF A LEASED MOTOR…”
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TO PROVIDE THAT THE LESSEE OF A LEASED MOTOR VEHICLE IS THE OWNER FOR PURPOSES … | Stone | Notification that HB1960 is now Act 1013 |
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HB1964
Act 825
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1964 Brooks Clark TO MOVE THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION A…”
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TO MOVE THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION AND THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION TO THE DEPARTMENT … | Brooks | Notification that HB1964 is now Act 825 |
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HB1965
Act 870
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1965 McCullough Hammer TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTHY FOOD RETAI…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL ACT OF 2025; AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES … | McCullough | Notification that HB1965 is now Act 870 |
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HB1966
Act 914
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill 1966 by Representative Barnett, recommended due pass. Calendar.…”
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TO AUTHORIZE AN INCORPORATED TOWN OR A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS TO PETITION THE … | Barnett | Notification that HB1966 is now Act 914 |
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HB1976
Act 883
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1976 Nazarenko Dotson CONCERNING VERTIPORTS; AND TO CREATE THE O…”
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CONCERNING VERTIPORTS; AND TO CREATE THE OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC-USE VERTIPORTS ACT. | Nazarenko | Notification that HB1976 is now Act 883 |
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HB1983
Act 1026
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1983 Eubanks Stubblefield TO AMEND ACTS 1973, NO. 167, § 4, CONC…”
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TO AMEND ACTS 1973, NO. 167, § 4, CONCERNING THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO … | Eubanks | Notification that HB1983 is now Act 1026 |
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HB1986
Act 794
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ass. Calendar. Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Bill 1986 by Representative Nazarco, recommended due pass. Calendar.…”
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CONCERNING EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR CHILDREN OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS AND CHILDREN OF FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS. | Nazarenko | Notification that HB1986 is now Act 794 |
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HB1988
Act 930
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ss. Calendar. Committee on Transportation, who was deferred House Bill 1988 by Representative Tosh, recommended to pass. Calendar. Comm…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF AUTO AUCTION FEES FOR SALVAGE-TITLED OR PARTS-ONLY … | Tosh | Notification that HB1988 is now Act 930 |
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HB1995
Act 985
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Committee on city, county, local, to whom was for House Bill 1995, by Representative Bentley, recommend do pass. Calendar. Co…”
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TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN PERRY COUNTY. | Bentley | Notification that HB1995 is now Act 985 |
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HJR1018
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HJR1018 Ray Payton THE CITIZENS ONLY VOTING AMENDMENT.”
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THE CITIZENS ONLY VOTING AMENDMENT. | Ray | Approved by the Governor |
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SB241
Act 885
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…Bill 106 by joint budget, Senate Bill 124 by joint budget, Senate Bill 241 by Senator Scott, compared the enrolled copies of the origi…”
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TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO GRANT PAID LEAVE TO … | J. Scott | Notification that SB241 is now Act 885 |
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SB32
Act 886
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…ur committee on enrolled bills to whom refer the following? Senate Bill 32 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 33 by Joint Budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB32 is now Act 886 |
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SB33
Act 887
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…o whom refer the following? Senate Bill 32 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 33 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 34 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB33 is now Act 887 |
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SB34
Act 888
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…te Bill 32 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 33 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 34 by joint budget, Senate Bill 35 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES APPROPRIATION … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB34 is now Act 888 |
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SB343
Act 734
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB343 #1 Irvin Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE-OWNED MOTO…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC PROPERTY; … | Irvin | Notification that SB343 is now Act 734 |
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SB35
Act 889
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…te Bill 33 by Joint Budget, Senate Bill 34 by joint budget, Senate Bill 35 by joint budget, Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB35 is now Act 889 |
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SB362
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB362 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMEN…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION YOUTH … | K. Hammer | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB367
Act 735
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB367 #1 Irvin Irvin TO REPEAL THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN…”
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TO REPEAL THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR POLLUTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES ACT; … | Irvin | Notification that SB367 is now Act 735 |
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SB374
Act 751
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB374 #1 B. Davis Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SER…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. | B. Davis | Notification that SB374 is now Act 751 |
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SB40
Act 891
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…te Bill 35 by joint budget, Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, Senate Bill 40 by joint budget, Senate Bill 41 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPROPRIATION FOR THE … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB40 is now Act 891 |
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SB41
Act 892
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…te Bill 36 by joint budget, Senate Bill 40 by joint budget, Senate Bill 41 by joint budget, Senate Bill 51 by joint budget,”
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AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB41 is now Act 892 |
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SB52
Act 894
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Senate Bill 52 by joint budget, Senate Bill 55 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - OPERATIONS AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM APPROPRIATION FOR … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB52 is now Act 894 |
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SB523
Act 762
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB523 #1 Irvin Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAG…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE … | Irvin | Notification that SB523 is now Act 762 |
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SB54
Act 1015
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB54 #2 AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATT…”
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AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB54 is now Act 1015 |
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SB569
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB569 M. Johnson AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCER…”
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AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING BALLOT TITLES OF PROPOSED MEASURES; AND AMENDING THE … | M. Johnson | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB636
Act 1017
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Joint Budget, to whom was referred Senate Bill 636 by Senator Dismayne, recommended due pass. Calendar. Commit…”
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AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS; DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE … | J. Dismang | Notification that SB636 is now Act 1017 |
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SB644
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “Motion to place SB644 on tomorrow's calendar”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE EXECUTION OF A WRIT OF POSSESSION; AND TO ALLOW … | M. McKee | Died on Senate Calendar at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB67
Act 1016
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB67 #2 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPRO…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB67 is now Act 1016 |
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SB71
Act 896
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…te Bill 52 by joint budget, Senate Bill 55 by joint budget, Senate Bill 71 by joint budget, Senate Bill 81 by joint budget, Senate Bil…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS - COURT PERSONNEL APPROPRIATION FOR THE … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB71 is now Act 896 |
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SJR6
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “…T SENATOR KING BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 6 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.”
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A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND … | B. King | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SR46
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SR46 C. Tucker TO RECOGNIZE THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS RO…”
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TO RECOGNIZE THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ROCKETS GOLF TEAM AS THE CLASS 6A … | C. Tucker | Sine Die adjournment |
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SR47
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SR47 C. Tucker TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY BELLES GO…”
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TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY BELLES GOLF TEAM AS THE CLASS 6A STATE … | C. Tucker | Sine Die adjournment |
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SR65
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SR65 C. Tucker TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS'S ENGAGING THE JUSTICE COUNTS…”
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TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS'S ENGAGING THE JUSTICE COUNTS METRICS AND TO URGE POLICYMAKERS THROUGHOUT STATE AND … | C. Tucker | Sine Die adjournment |
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SR73
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SR73 B. King REQUESTING THAT SENATOR KING BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSU…”
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REQUESTING THAT SENATOR KING BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 6 AS A … | B. King | Died on the Senate Calendar Having Failed to … |
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Yes. I'm praying right there. Yes. Senate will be called to order. Any requests for leave at this
Speaker 8
3:37
time. Seeing no one, Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Bo brought Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Des, Desma,
Dotson, English Flippo, flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King letting love, McKee, Murdoch, Peyton, Penzo, Petty, rice, scot, stone, Stubberfield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Thank you, Madam Secretary. If everyone in the chamber and in
the galleries would please rise, pray a prayer led by Senator Scott, followed by the pledge.
Speaker 6
4:17
I'm sorry. Oh, you're going to introduce our pastor of the day, OK, I apologize, Senator Scott. So
Speaker 14
4:26
Senator Scott will introduce our pastor of the day who'll lead us in prayer, and that will be followed by
Senator Jamie Scott
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4:32
the Pledge of allegiance. Good morning. I stand before you to introduce Pastor Doctor George Shears. He is a pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in my district and actually representative Tracy Still attends his church, so I'm happy that he was able to join us today. I've been trying to get him all session to come up here
and pray for us. So there's a couple more days left, we still need prayer.
Speaker 18
4:57
So thank you. Good morning. Shall we pray? Gracious and sovereign God. We lift up this the Arkansas Senate to you today. You are the giver of wisdom. The judge of all justice and the source of every good and perfect gift. Cover each senator with your clarity, your compassion and conviction.
Let every debate be guided by discernment, not division. That every decision reflect righteousness, not just rhetoric. Strengthen their hearts when the weight of responsibility feels too heavy. check their minds from confusion. And their homes from turmoil. Remind them that true leadership is service and true power is found in humility. Bless Arkansas through their hands and let their work not
just be about policy but about purpose. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. United States
Speaker 22
6:05
of America and to which you stand in the visible where liberty and
Speaker 23
6:09
justice for all. Thank you, pastor, very much for those
uplifting words. Ladies and gentlemen in the galleries, welcome to your Arkansas State
Senate. It is our expectation that each of you will exercise proper decorum and govern
yourselves accordingly during today's proceedings. Without objection, the rules will be suspended and the Senate will dispense with the reading and the journal. The morning hour has now begun. I'd like to call on recognized Senator Dodson, who will introduce our pages for
Chair
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6:41
the day. Senator Dotson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. Members,
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6:48
I would like to recognize our Senate pages joining us today. When I call
your name, please come to the front here and be recognized. Uh, you was Bari. is with Lisa Academy West Middle School and is from Senator Tucker's district, Sawyer Jackson from
Greene County Tech. It's from Senator Dave Wallace. District, Hudson Smith.
It's from Magnolia Middle School from Senator Kroll's district.
Sutton Smith from Central Elementary School. It's from Senator Kroll's district. And Carly Morgan from Clarksville High School is from Senator Stubblefield's district. Please help me welcome them. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Senator Dodson, and welcome
Chair
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7:51
to our Senate pages for the day. We
are glad to have you here. Other announcements or introductions. Senator Hester,
you're recognized. Members just an update. We talked some about maybe batching, we're not gonna batch any bills today, all but
like 8 were pulled from the batch, so we might as well just um settle in for a, for a, for an interesting day. Uh, I would, I would like to make a motion. Uh, I'd like to make a motion that we suspend the rule and allow any house or Senate bills that were amended in the House, uh, to be heard directly on our
Speaker 42
8:29
floor without having to go back to committee. All those in favor of the motion,
Speaker 45
8:36
please signify by saying aye. And he opposed. I have it motion carries.
That's it, uh, and I suspect, um, We didn't get through all of our committees this morning. There may come a time where we need a break. I don't know if that's roughly one o'clock. I'm gonna, I'm gonna talk to our chairman, um, and if we need to take a break during our day to day to go back to committees, uh, briefly, then, then we will do that. But that's no decision, just if you've got thoughts on
Speaker 6
8:59
that, please come see me. Thanks. Thanks, Senator Hester. Any other announcements or introductions, if not, Madam Secretary, are there
Chair
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9:10
items at the desk? Yes, dear Madam President, will your committee on mo who was for the following 32 by joint budget Sen Bill 33 by joint budget, so about 34 by joint budget, send Bill 35 by joint budget, Senate Bill 36 by joint budget, send bill 40 by joint budget, sending 41 by joint budget, Senate Bill 51, my joint budget in Bill 52
by joint budget, Senate Bill 55 by joint budget, 71 by joint budget, Senate Bill 81 by joint budget Senate Bill 106 by budget, Senate Bill 124. a joint budget symbol 241 by Center Scott compared the rogue coppo with the original same correctly enrolled in it and it 819 a.m. this morning delivered to the governor for her
approval. Please file it. For your committee on City County
Speaker 55
9:56
Local, to whom was for House Bill 1991 for represented Child's recommended to pass
Chair
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10:02
calendar Committee on City County Local who was referred house in 1995 by Representative Bentley recommended DuP pass calendar Committee on Education was for House Bill 13125 uh representative Brooks recommend due pass calendar Committee on Education and as for House Bill 1719 by Representative Volt recommend DuP pass calendar Committee on Education, to whom was referred house. 1874 by Representative McKenzie recommended Du pass calendar Committee on Education who was
referred to House Bill in 1933 by representative McCollum recommend due pass calendar Committee on Education who was for houses 1966 by Representative Barnett recommended past calendar me on education to him as far as 1986 by representative Nasco recommended past calendar video and uh budget
to him was referred Senate. 6:36 by Central Dismain recommend Du pass calendar on joint budget team was first Senate Bill 637 by Central
Dismain recommend due pass calendar committee on judiciary to whom was referred house 1178 by Representative Richardson recommended pass. Calendar Committee on Judiciary to him as for House Bill 1832 by Representative Shepherd recommend Du pass calendar Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill 1926 by I'm gonna recommend do pass calendar Committee on Transportation to whom was referred Senate Bill 397 by
Senator Wallace, recommended pass to concurrent House Amendment
number 1, calendar. Committee on Transportation, who was 1876 by representative Scott recommended past calendar Committee on Transportation was for House Bill 1913 by Representative Moore recommended pass. Calendar committee on on Transportation who was 1988 by Representative Tash recommended calendar Committee on Transportation and he was for house Bill 2001 by Representative Painter
recommended pass calendar. Senate resolution 74 by Senator Irving. To recognize the
college of Ozark women's basketball team featuring 4 players from Arkansas as a 2025 national Christian College Athletic Association Division One national champions. Senate resolution 74. Calendar send about 6:43 by Centra Sullivan to provide transparency and accountability
for public utilities and require certain public utilities report to the legislative council, Senate Bill 643. Insurance and commerce.
Speaker 58
12:46
Senator Yeah gets you Any other business to come before
the body in the morning hour. If
not the morning hour has expired. We will now begin the
Speaker 62
13:01
business agenda. And so. We will be Passing over the Senate
Speaker 65
13:06
resolutions. Senator Tucker is the sponsor on at this
Speaker 67
13:12
time. We'll come back to those next. We will go to Senate Resolution 60. Senate resolution
Chair
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13:20
60 by Senator Ds to recognize the grad at High School lines wrestling team and the In 2025 Class 4A state champions.
Speaker 77
13:37
Madam Secretary, he's, he's gonna set the groups here. I believe that we need to pass over these as well.
We are going to pass over. Senate Resolution 60. We will next take up
Speaker 82
14:48
Senate resolution 71. to walk in the other.
Chair
Unverified
15:06
That's right. Senate Resolution 71 by entry dismay requesting that Senator dismay be authorized to pursue
the consideration of Senate joint Resolution 15
as a third proposed constitutional amendment. Senator dismaying, you're recognized uh members, this would authorize us
to have a debate on the floor about SGR-15. This is the economic development district bill every state around us has something in play. In fact, every state but us has something in play. This would allow us to have a similar tools in our
cities and counties. I appreciate a good vote on the resolution authorizing the consideration of SGR-15.
Any questions? Anyone Senator Dotson. Thank you, Madam
President. Senator, this According to the
Senate or the joint rules, can we take this up for consideration before um we pass HGAR
1018 or the House passes SJR whatever the one we sent down there on Patton's that's my understanding
in both talking to our parliamentarian and also talking to the house, yes.
So we can take up this one and the next two after it. This this resolution to consider, yes. So I guess that bears the question if this passes. Did the
next two. End or can they pass as well? I'm not sure what the process would be on that. I guess that might
be a parliamentary inquiry, I think, I mean, the one thing that I do know is that you would have had to file a resolution authorizing the consideration in both chambers, in both chambers would have to
support that. And so if there's a, if there is one that does not have a resolution in the House, then that would not be viable. We can vote on it, but there would be nothing to vote on the House. And so by the joint rules would not qualify to be considered if there's A corresponding on both sides. I don't think the rules, the rules are silent on that. I don't, I mean, I suppose you could vote both of them out if both of them are viable and whichever one passes first, then becomes the and I don't know what the process would be for that. OK, so kind of wading into
uncharted territories here. OK, all right, thank you. Other questions. Yeah. No other questions Sen's closed. Any objection
to rolling the boats. I'm sorry, to speak against. Senator King, you're recognized. Thank you,
Madam President. You know, in Senate education this morning, Senator Davis was head of school nurses bill about funding and I
voted for it and she voted against, and she did a
very good job, honestly, of stating her position, it was about priority at times, and we have to prioritize things. I'm not attacking Senator Dimas, uh, constitutional amendment, basically what mine is, is about prioritized just like Senate education that sometimes we have to prioritize one or the other. We down to 2, that can be considered. My understanding from the rules because of what happened on the House side of not filing one there. But basically, this is
about priority. If you look at, we've talked about this whole session and we've had a session, uh, that's had, and I want to compliment Senator Dismay about through the process that we had about the prison the $750 million. He was very good about telling me when the votes were and giving me a fair word or a fair fight in the whole thing and so I want to compliment. him on that. But I want to say that we have a high crime and you'll see in these things, and I've sent all you members things that study after study have shown that
whenever you police in a positive way it reduces crime. That doesn't come from conservative pro-policing, that's coming from Princeton University, coming from a lot of studies that show basically you can reduce crime and we see the tragedy in Conway last night, we can see that if we don't reduce our income. incarceration rate We have to reduce our crime to reduce our incarceration rate. You, you reduce crime before it happens, you reduce the incarceration rate, you increase our state budget to do things,
basically this comes down to priority, a vote against Senator Dimas today is not necessarily a vote against it. It's just which do you prioritize, Senator Dimas, uh, tax district bill, the TIF bill, or do you prioritize extra funding to hire extra officers. That's, that's all it is, folks. So I'd appreciate a no. vote and vote yes on my. Anyone else wish to
speak for or against. Seeing no other senator
dismaying is closed. Any objection to rolling the boat. Objection noted. Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Boy. Bowen Brant
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Caldwell. Caldwell. Clark. Clark Crowe Davis.
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Days, this man, Dotson, English.
English. Flippo Flowers, Gilmore, hammer. Hester picky. Hi Irvin Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson. King letting. Letting Love, McKee
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Murdoch Titan, Hayton Titan. Payton, Penzo. Patty, rice. Rice Scott. Stoneste afield Sullivan.
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Tucker Wallace. Any senator wished to vote who
did not vote or change your vote,
Senator Urban, yes. Any other senator, Senator Clark, yes. Any other senator? Seeing no other. Please cast up the ballot. By about 26, 4 nay, 5 not voting, Senate resolution. 71 passes.
Or rather Senate Resolution 71 is adopted. Senator
Wallace, you're now recognized. Thank you, Governor. In
sergeant's arms and please join me. Members, I'd like to take a moment for us to recognize our sergeants at arms. Every day, these gentlemen are outer defense. Uh, they work hard to make our life easier, to
make it smoother, and I'm just going to let you know a little bit about it. Each and every one. Sergeants, as I call your name, if you will take one step forward. Sergeant Henry Kissler. is a retired businessman from Little Rock. He's also a 20-year veteran of the West Pulaski Fire Department, where he held the position of battalion chief. Sergeant Avan Rogers is a native of Arkadelphia. He served in the
United States Army. He attended Henderson University and was a physic physical physical education major. He worked 5 years with the Aria Police Force. He then joined the Arkansas State Police were in 2013, he was named Trooper of the Year. Sergeant Rogers is a member of the Most Worful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arkansas. He is a past worshipful master of his lodge, and he was elevated to the rank of Grand Inspector General 33rd degree, the highest
degree in Mare. That's that's a very difficult degree to make. Sergeant Woodford Batch. was born in Little Rock. He attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on a 4 football scholarship. He was a four-year starter at linebacker. He graduated distinguished military graduate, uh, in ROTC and went on to serve 28 years in the United States Army retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He is also a member of the Omega
Psi Phi fraternity, and he has spent 40 years in logistical management before coming in uh making our lives easier. Sergeant Joe Gray. was a member of the Little Rock Fire Department for 30 years. He was the first black chief fire marshal to promote it to their rank in the city of Arkansas in 2010. He holds a bachelor's degree in science for the University of Central Arkansas. He is a member of the International Association of Foreign Chiefs.
In addition, he holds a black belt in karate is working towards his 2nd degree black belt, so no one wants to give me a lip. Sergeant Vaughn Neely. Raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas, married his wife is a school teacher who taught for 38 years. He retired from the Arkansas State Capitol Police Department of 2024, you all may remember him from being down there with us. He served in the Arkansas International Guard as
a C-130 cargo plane maintenance crew chief. And he is a licensed drone pilot and enjoys flying his drones and he has time. Sergeant Brett Harness. born and raised in Cercy County, graduated from Arkansas State Tech. has been married for 35 years to Miss Abbey, and they have 2 sons together, retired after 32 years in law enforcement and became a sergeant at arms for the
Arkansas Senate in 2022. He says that be as kind to people as they will let you, heroes and emmy alike. We all just walking each other home. Sergeant Dave Muix. Married for 36 years, one son, one daughter, retired from financial services business in 2013 was a volunteer at the West Pulaskis Fire Department since 2014, achieving the rank of captain.
And he joined us in 2021, um, it says it's an honor to serve in this capacity. The last Individual here is Sergeant Charles Bauer, originally from Long Oak County, graduated from George Washington Carver High School in Lowex, retired, uh, attended Arkansas Ari Mechanical Normal School, now known as the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He's a Navy veteran and was employed at Little Rock Convention and Vi
Bureau, and worked for Dawson Falcon Jet. He retired from Little Rock Fire Department with the rank of captain. We have one member missing, Sergeant Spooner, Thomas Spooner, and he served as a paratrooper in the United States Army. He also retired from the Arkansas State Capitol Police with 28 years of service. fellow senators, these are our sergeants and guards. These are the men that secure us. Thank you all.
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the. I. I long Not you. Thank you, Senator Wallace.
Members, we will now go back and take up Senate
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resolution 60. Senate Resolution 60 by Senator D's and central dot dots
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and to recognize the gravit High School lines wrestling team as a 2025 Class 4A state champions. Send
your days, you're recognized. Thank you,
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Madam Governor. Members, we've got the 2025 back to back wrestling state champions here from Grabvi, uh, coming in. Feel free to kind of
pile around, come on through, let's, wherever you can find a spot. That's great. All right, whereas the graveit high school Lions wrestling team won the 25, 2025 for a state championship. This is back to back state championships for, for the Lions, reflect on their discipline, their preparation, and their teamwork to find uh and define the program as it's just in their 4th year. So take that in for, for a minute. They're in their 4th year and they've won back to back state championships. That's pretty awesome, pretty amazing. And of
all the great things this program has done, I do want to highlight one individual. Could Mr. Logan Miller recognize yourself here? Where's Logan? There he is. Logan is, is finishing as a 4-time state champion 4 time state champion. There have only been, we believe, 13 in the state that have ever done that. He's 4 time state champion, and we're really proud of him. Congratulations, Logan, but this team is all about effort and grit from the
wrestlers to the staff, to the coaches, to the trainers. Nothing great is done alone. We all believe that in this program, it definitely exemplifies that. So Whereas I want to make sure we finish this strong here and get a great vote. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Senate of the ninety-fifth General Assembly of the state of Arkansas, that the state that the Senate recognized the Gravitt High School Lions wrestling team as a 2025 Class 4A state champions, and
members, I asked for a resounding great vote to recognize their great year.
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OK Thank you, Senator Dees, as the proud aunt of a 2020 grab it line
graduate and sister-in-law to 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Tracy Rutledge. I am happy to ask for a vote for Senate resolution 60 to recognize the gravit High School Lions wrestling teams in 2025 class 4A state champions. All those in favor, please signify by saying a and he opposed. I have it. Senate resolution 60 is adopted. Congratulations.
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Great job, guys. It's for this. That's. Senator
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Tucker, are you ready for your resolutions?
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OK. Next we'll take up Senate resolution 65. Senate resolution 65 by Senator
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Tucker to support Arkansas's engaging, uh, justice courts metrics and to urge
policymakers throughout state and local
government entities to implement and utilize the justice counts metrics. Senator Tucker, recognized Thank you, Madam President. Members,
a lot of the resolutions that we passed have
they're very good things that we
do, but they don't have any actual effects. This one does have an effect. There's a program called Justice Counts. It's been across several administrations as part of the Department of Justice, and this is where this organization partners with state governments to help us get better, more accurate criminal justice data to help us make more informed decisions on criminal justice policy. It's only as much as the state wants it. There's they don't come in and tell us what to do. They just offer support where we ask for it and where we choose to take it, so they need some action by the state government
in order to invite them in. This resolution will get that job done, so it's just an invitation to them to come help us get better, more accurate criminal justice data as we see fit. So with that,
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I'd appreciate a good vote on the resolution. Thank you, Senator Tucker. All those in favor of Senate resolution 65
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to support Arkansas's engaging the justice counts metrics and to urge policymakers throughout the state and local government entities to implement and utilize the Justice Counts metrics. Please
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signify by saying I and he opposed as habit Senate resolution 65 is adopted.
Senator Tucker, you're recognized for an announcement. Thank you, Madam President. Members, please join me in welcoming our doctor of the day
today, Doctor Gina DeBrina. She's a pathologist here at UAS, so anytime you get a biopsy done and you're worried about whether you might have something bad wrong with you. She's the one helping figure the answer out to that question. So thank you so much for the work that you do and for being here today and also Lee Fazio for being here with us every day, this session. We appreciate y'all. Welcome to the Senate.
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Sendder hill, you're recognized for an announcement. Thank you, Madam
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Governor. I like to introduce y'all. They're up here in the gallery to my left to the cabinet Chamber of Commerce. Youth Leadership Group, if you would join me in welcoming them today.
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OK. OK. Next, Senator King, do you have a
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OK. Emotion or you just, I want to bring, well, we are going to
take up Senate Resolution 72, and then we'll come back to Senate Resolution 73. OK. Or you're gonna pass over? All right, we're passing over Senate Resolution 72. Next we will take up Senate Resolution
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73. Senate Resolution 73 by Sentra King, requesting that Senator Senator King be authorized to pursue the consideration of Senate joint resolution 6 as a third proposed constitutional amendment. And your king, you're recognized, OK, members, so the clarification of the
rules is we can pass to this rule was done when I was out, and this has
not happened before we can pass my resolution, send it down there, so I would just, I'm not gonna reiterate to give the competition to give the choices down there because of our crime
rate. Like I said, when you have a high incarceration rate, you have high budget problems because of it. If we reduce incarceration rate and reduce the crime part, and this is an opportunity to fund extra police office. to reduce crime, so I'd appreciate a good vote on this resolution just to send it down to the house and we'll see which one sorts out down there. Good. And just for clarification and
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uh Ask Mr. Treat to clarify this for me and so I can clarify it for you all.
This vote on Senate resolution 73. And other boats is simply to authorize us to pursue consideration of sending something to the house. This is not sending my bill is in committee and will have to be amended, but we can take care of that if it passes,
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right, but I just want to make sure that membership was clear
what we were voting on, that this will not be sending anything to the house. This is simply to allow
us to consider it here in the
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Senate. Any questions, Senator Boyd, you're
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recognized. Thank you, Senator King, could you just briefly give an overview of the funding, I mean, very brief,
yeah, basically it's taking the marijuana funding above administration and funding uh extra police officers, there'll be amendment put on that they cannot if it contributes 40 million voters decide on this, and they contribute 40 million, then public safety can't reduce their budget 40 million. This will be in addition to that. I think
casino revenue, there's some uh stipulations of like 8% goes back to the county originates in. Those who would say the same 55% of this of the casino revenue that goes to general revenue will go to this public safety officer fund to reduce crime. Marijuana will change because of the vote that was stressed earlier, I think that addressed food insecurity, so this just allows the people of Arkansas to decide where that extra money goes from casino and marijuana
that is either going to general revenue or these other
things. That's it. Senator Hammer, you have a question regarding this Senate resolution, I realized there was an underlying, but
Senator my inquiries to the chair, please clarification. Senator Dimain's bill. In the form of which it was
voted on. has already cleared here. And is going down to the house, correct? No, that is not correct. It is
the same as what I stated earlier. It simply
authorizes the Senate to pursue consideration of that underlying Senate Joint resolution 15, which will be the
same for Senator King's voted out of here, correct? OK, nothing is
being sent to the house of these
3, if we take up Senator Dotson's. OK, my question to Senator King, then what, what
was it you said about needing to go back to the committee for amendment. I did, I didn't catch that part's currently in committee now, so it needs to be amended
to put the part in there to address some members' concerns that are
for it. It means that basically like I said, if we pass and it's $40 million the extra funding that what we don't do in public safety, we just reduce the funding so it's not an increase in the officers, so this would just do something like we did with the lottery about uh supplant. not supplement that and clarify some other few things that can be taken care of, but the general drive in the direction is the same thing that I, I did in 143 that I presented in judiciary and presented I gave the Constitutional amendment when we talked. I just at the
time didn't do that because Matthew Miller, you know, trying to keep him from doing it, but, but yeah, so 8% of the casino money will still go back to where it originates from, uh, those things will be be 55%, I think, of general revenue on casinos. will go for these extra officers to make sure that we don't We had officers, not just keep things the same. All right. Question back to the chair, please. Sure. How is it that if
that bill is sitting in committee. Senator Dismay's bill was on the
floor, I guess, having been out of committee. Logistically, how do we handle this vote that we're going to vote on
a bill that's still sitting in committee. And
again, and I'll flip to counsel, but we're simply authorizing us to take it up when it comes out of committee. It doesn't Is that correct, counsel. I'm gonna ask Mr. Treat to come address the question just to make sure that we, but it's basically suspending the rules like we've done, yeah,
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to answer the question just so that way we
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have. Yeah, so under the joint rules this kind of a constitutional proposal can't be even considered by either body unless we first by 2/3 vote in both chambers pass a resolution to take up consideration of a what is called a third constitutional proposal, and so that's all we're doing right now is is our part of that vote. It's still then going to be in the houses of
Court as to whether or not they will vote by 2/3 to allow the consideration of this proposal and only then will we be able to actually consider the substantive proposal, and I think at that juncture Senator King's proposal is at a different stage in our proceedings than Senator Dimas, OK, and I guess maybe I just didn't hear it. The bill sitting in committee and maybe
you said it and I just didn't hear it. Do we need a motion to set aside the rules in order to consider this if this bill is still sitting in
committee, but we're debating it on the House floor. That's what I'm trying to
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clear up in my mind again, I think that we're not there yet, so this is, this is
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just consideration of a resolution. It has nothing to do with the underlying proposals. So that proposal is still in committee, you're correct, but it's not, it's not being questioned right now. Just the resolution. to authorize consideration at a later point is what's being considered. All right, thank you. And that's a good point. This is just authorizing it,
basically, uh, we won't know the house doesn't meet till 1:30, so we will not know Senator Dimas is up first again. So ifenders are dismayings, they can have that debate down there. And Senator Dismay and I talked about it earlier that if his fails, we would have this one ready to go or we also can have a competition. We'll just have to suspend the rules, same way we've done on a laundry list of bills and the amendments will not be anything different than I've discussed in multiple committees, so it's just folks that just allowed to get this in the process going
and then we will see what happens, but I just appreciate, let's just to keep them about the process going. I certainly didn't hold up center discmas or try and fight it. I hope that we can do this and have a real democracy and discussion on the merits of the. Senator has closed. Anyone
wish to speak for or against. Speaking for Senator Martin Johnson, you're recognized.
Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, we see these uh initiatives that get way down in the weeds and talk about the, how the money is going to be, what the tax is, what the rate is, where it's going to be spent, and I worry about that because our needs changed, but we've put these things in the Constitution. I think Senator King's amendment has some merit. I think we ought to look at that and considering too often we we pass on finding agreed.
Third Amendment that the House and Senate can submit to the voters. So I would, I would encourage a yes vote on this resolution, and let's move forward to look at some ways that we can clean
up some problems that we have in that regard. Thank you,
Madam Pres. Anyone else wish to speak for or against. So Senator Stubel filled Senator Urban.
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think I just want to speak on the resolution because I want to clarify, uh, the money, um, and the direction of the money, um, as you know, we have taken a lot of steps to uh to to move money to support the National Cancer Institute designation, and so I'm not sure if that money that supports National Cancer Institute designation is then going to be taken and used for
this, uh, or not. So I just, that's A question that maybe you could clear up.
Thank you. Senator Stubblefield, you wish to speak on
the motion. On for or against on OK,
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Senator Stub this is 44 I won't take but a second there's absolutely nothing improper about having another amendment to give people an
extra option, whether they, you know, whether it passes or not, but the more options you have, the better it is. It's always been that way. So There's certainly nothing improper about us putting an extra amendment on, on, on this issue, so I would, I would urge you to vote for yes. Anyone else
wish to speak on Senate Resolution 73. Senator King. Would you like to close?
Senators clothes. This just allows moving the process along as anybody knows, I don't surprise anybody. I don't hide anything and since Senator Dimas went first, uh, this would just allow to move the process along. We do not know if Senator dismayings one will even get considered and then we got to wait later. This will just allow us to move forward in the process. That's all it is, and we can, uh, you know, Like I said, if it is his gets locked down, gives some choices that we need out there. That's just that's it, just move
forward in the process. That's it. Senator
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has closed. Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Brant Caldwell. Caldwell. Clark Clark. Crowe Crow. Davis Davis Days
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Days. This man. This man. Dodson. Datsun English. English Flip
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Hammer Hester Hester Hickey Hill. Irvin
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Aravin Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson. King, letting. Lighting Love, Love. McKee McKee. Murdoch. Murdoch. Haan Payton Pennzo
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Patty. Price Scott. Scott. Stone. Stab afield. Sullivan Tucker. Tucker Wallace. Slow.
Any senator wished to vote who did not vote or wish to change your vote.
Senator Dodson, yes. Tucker present. Murdoch, yes. Gilmore, no. Any other senator Love present. Any others, please
check the board. Scott present. Any others. Please check the board. Seeing no others. Please cast up the
ballot by a vote of 16, yeah, 5, nay, 11,
not voting, 3 present. Senate resolution 73 fails. Senator King, you're recognized. Members, we've had
the vote and I always want a fair word or a fair vote, and we had just had that. I know there's still some
questions. I just ask that you make a motion to expunge it and then by whatever time the house meets, we'll know the outcome of Senator Disma's bill and by expunging it, we'll be just able to clear that up in case his doesn't make it, we can bring this back up for consideration. Move on, just ask for expunge it, and we'll wait and see what
happens. Motion to expunge the vote by which Senate resolutions 73 failed. All those in favor signify. And I, and he opposed. I haven't. Motion carries. Let's
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Senator Hester Members just uh An update. I think most of you
heard, but right when we started the session, we're not gonna batch anything today, all but like 8 bills were pulled from the
batch, so the effort to batch would be futile. So we're not going to do that, uh, I, I made a motion to suspend the rule for the rest of the session that says that uh if, if a Senate bill is omitted in the House, it just comes back to our floor and we can have a full debate on it here rather than to committee because of uh of time's sake and that, and that was. Passed. Today we're gonna hear budget at uh after on page 2 SB 523.
We'll do the budget on page 2. And at that time, after we do the budget, I'm going to ask if, if you're a chairman and uh we'll do the budget and we'll break for a few minutes so that staff can uh get, get the computers and stuff ready to go. Uh, I would ask if you, if you're a chairman and you have things left in a committee, if, if you would huddle up with your committee for just a minute and let's get a game plan on when you'd like to meet today or how we want to accomplish that. Because if you've got one non-controversial bill and you
can sign it out well then I would ask you to do that. If we need to, if we need to break today for committees, we will also do that, but so right after budget, we'll take a brief break, um, if, if Chairman, if you get your committees huddled up somewhere around here and, and get a game plan and let me know. I would appreciate it. Thanks. I got
a question. Yes So I talked about maybe can state agencies meet and at least do my bill just in case, uh, at some point in time, whatever, whatever your committee decides
to do, I, I mean, I support the, the chairman doing whatever they felt like they need to
do in each committee, OK. All right. Thank you, Senator Hester, with that, we will continue with the agenda. Senator Payton here? We will
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pass over HJR 1018 for the time being. I. We will next
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Go to Senator Urban, Amendment 1, Senate Bill
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343. Amendment 1, Senate Bill 343. Senator Ervin,
Senator Missy Irvin
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you're recognized. Thank you, members. There was an amendment placed on the house, just some technical changes that needed to be made. It's an agency bill for the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, and we've heard this bill. I appreciate give vote for the amendment to concur with House amendment. All those in favor of the
amendment signified by saying I, I, and he opposed, I have it.
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Amendment is concurred in. Senate Bill 343 by Senator Irving to amend the law concerning state-owned motor vehicles to amend the law concerning public property and to amend the automobile and pickup truck acquisition Act for the state of Arkansas. Senator Ervin, you're recognized.
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Thank you, members. Appreciate all the hard work, uh, this buddy did and the other, this is our transformation Shared Service fleet management, um, system that we're trying to put in
place, so I'd appreciate a good vote on the bill.
Thank you. Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection. To
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rolling the boat, see no objection. Please check the board. Anyone wish to change your vote?
Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 35, 0 nay, Senate Bill 343. Passes as amended, please
enroll it. Amendment 1, the Senate Bill 367. Remember, Wanda send about
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367. Senator Ervin, you're recognized. Thank you. This is with the Department of Energy and
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Environment, um, there was a, again agency had to make an amendment on the House and I'd appreciate a good vote to concur with the House amendments.
All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Any opposed? I have it. Amendment is concurred
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in. Senate Bill 367 by Senator Irving to repeal
the small business revolving loan fund for pollution control and prevention technologies Act and repeal the small business revolving loan fund. Send Irving, you're recognized.
Thank you, members. Happy to take any questions. We
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voted on this bill, I think, I think actually the amendment was just to add a house sponsor, so no
substantive changes were made. Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection to Putting the boat on the board, rolling the boat. Say no objection, please put the vote on the board. roll the boat, have y'all were saying it
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last week when I was going to do that. Please check the board. Anyone wish to change his or her vote.
Seeing no one, please cast up the
ballot by a vote of 35, yeah, 0, nay, Senate Bill 367 passes as amended, please enroll it. Senator Davis,
Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 374. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 374. Senator
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Davis, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. This
Senator Breanne Davis
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um amendment that we're concurring just put back in some FOIA language to make everyone comfortable with what
we were doing. All those in favor of the amendment please signify by saying aye, and he opposed.
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I have its concurred in. Bill 374 by Centra Davis, to amend the law concerning the civil service
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system. Senator Davis, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. This was just to allow um law enforcement
who are registered as civil service to have a little more flexibility in how they um let people know about testing for law enforcement so that we're not missing different law enforcement schools, and they can get the training necessary. Um, this is just to help with
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the law enforcement hiring shortage. Thank you. Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against
or for Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, please put the boat. Please roll the boat.
Anyone wish to change his or her vote. seen no one please
cast up the ballot by a vote of 35 yeah, zero nay, Senate Bill 374 passes as amended, please enroll it. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 523. So Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 523.
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Senator Urban, you're recognized. Thank you. Um, actually, ABC
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wanted to jump on my bill and make some uh uh
cleanup language. They've been needing to do in code, so happy to oblige and appreciate again, Senator Petty, bringing the second bill to my attention, so this again just the amendment is just some cleanup language from the department from ABC. Appreciate a good vote to concur the House amendment. All those in
favor of the amendment, please signify saying I, I, and he opposed as habit is concurred in.
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5:23 by Central Irving to amend the law regarding alcohol beverages and remove
the requirement that a private club be a nonprofit organization. Senator Ervin, you're
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recognized. Thank you, members again. That's just now eliminates for anyone and everyone, and then the inefficient, you know, uh, stuff of trying to have to file a nonprofit corporation before you apply for
a private club permit. Um, it was an unnecessary and meaningless. step that we had in law, and
we're taking that away. This is going to be better for small business owners and all restaurant owners, um, for our state. So I would appreciate a good
vote. Anyone questions anyone wish speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, please roll the boat. Senders, please check the board. Anyone wish to change, send her love, no. Senator Dodson present. Any other senator, Senator Hammer present.
Clark No. Any other senator? These present or this is these votes no.
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Gilmore, no any other senator, please check the
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board. Seeing no other senator, please
cast up the ballot by vote of 29, 4 nay, 2 present, Senate Bill 523 pass passes as amended, please enroll it. Senator King,
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you're recognized for an introduction. Thank
you, Madam President. Members, I want to recognize some members of the Chickamaw Nation. Chief Justin Flanagan,
Will Watt, the headman, Lacey Flanagan, Klan mother and from Franklin County up here in the gallery, I want to recognize Coat
Shelby, Casey Brown, Whitney Brown, Sarah Douglas, the Franklin County Rough
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Riders. Thank you. Thank you, Senator King. So. Senator Tucker. I know Senator Payton, well, Senator Tucker, are you ready? For your For an amendment.
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So. members, do I need to suspend the rules? motion to
put Amendment 2 to House Bill 1865 on second reading for amendment. all in
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favor, please signify by saying aye, and he opposed? As Herbert M carries, Amendment 2 to House Bill 1865.
Just a. that. Senator Tucker, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I move to adopt the amendment and send it to engrossing. All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by
saying aye. Any opposed? I have it members
adopted, please send to engrossing. We, Senator Payton, are we passing over HR HJR 1018. Thank All right.
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OK Next, we will take up the budget calendar.
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OK. Yeah, yeah, let's let's get out of right, actually, we are not going to take a budget. We are going to go
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ahead and take up SB 569. Senator Mark Johnson, Senate Bill 569 by Senator Mark Johnson to amend an amendment to the Arkansas
Constitution concerning ballot titles of proposed measures and amending the Arkansas Constitution under the
authority of Arkansas Constitution Article 5, Section 1. Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam
President, uh, colleagues, we voted on
this Thursday, uh, he got 22 votes and need 24 because uh this is what uh article. I have section 1 says it has to be 2/3 of both houses. Uh, let me sum this up simply by saying that we had a lively discussion,
and I appreciate the opportunity to uh Debate and discuss with Senator Tucker, who makes some excellent points about what the 52 decision was and what the attorney General's opinion was. And the question seems to be keep, keep coming up is what, what does the Constitution say can we amend a measure that's been passed by the voters by 2/3 or not. And I submit that if we pass this and the House passes it, certainly someone will
challenge it, and we will get a ruling from the Supreme Court. and then we will know if, if it is status quo is maintained, that's where we are. But if the, the, as the Attorney general has opined and says he can defend this. They say that yes, the General Assembly by 2/3 of vote houses, both houses may amend any measure, uh, that was passed by the voters. So by doing this, we get to find, get some uh some
define the law more clearly and can move forward and I believe it gives us a tool that about 100 years ago was originally given to the General Assembly by an initiated amendment. Make that clear. It was given to us by an initiated amendment, and we can move forward. Again, the 500 word limit is the is the the issue, but the broader issue is the challenge to the 1952 Supreme Court decision. And so I'll be happy to answer any questions.
Questions for Senator Martin Johnson. Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized clothes. I'm closed, Madam President. Appreciate a good vote. Senator Mark Johnson is closed. Any objection to rolling the boat? Objection noted, Madam Secretary, please call
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the roll. Brant Caldwell, Caldwell, Clark.
Crowell Davis, these dismay.
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This man. Dotson. English Flipper. Flipper. Flowers
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Gilmore. Hammer, Hester. Heke. Heke Hill. Hill, Irvin
Irvin Blake Johnson. Mark Johnson. King King. Lighting,
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lighting. Love Love. McKee. McKee Murdoch Titan
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Scott? Stone. Stab a Phil Sullivan Tucker Wallace. Any senator
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wish to change his or her vote or vote who did not vote. Urban, I, Hickey, no. Penzo I. Any other senator.
Please check the board, dismay I. In the other senator, please check the board. Seeing no other oh hill I. Any
other senator, please check the board, Senator King. I Any other senator. Please check the board.
Seeing no other please cast up the ballot by a vote of 24 yeah, 7, nay, for not voting. Senate
Bill 569 passes. Please transmit to the house.
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Now we will take up the budget calendar. Individually
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The amendments first. Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 54. Senator Dima, you're recognized. Thank
you, Governor adds 9 new positions, total costs and salaries $1 million and it's funded out of state central services. Any questions? Anyone wish to
speak against or for Senator has closed. And all those in favor of the amendments, please signify by saying aye. Any And he
opposed As habit is adopted, please send to engrossing. Amendment 2
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to Senate Bill 67. and are dismaying you're recognized. This adds 11 new positions,
total cost a million dollars and also state central services. Any questions? All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by
saying a. Any opposed? Is habit.
Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing. House
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Bill 1106. 1106 by joint budget, and act for the Office of the Treasurer of
State Appropriation for the 2025, 2026 fiscal year. Senator, dismaying, you're recognized I think you'd
be happy to take any questions, any
questions? Anyone wish to speak. Against or for Sender has closed. Any objection rolling
the vote, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat.
Senators, please check the board. Anyone wish to change his or her vote. Seeing
no one, please cast up the
ballot by a vote of 35, yeah, zero nay. House Bill 1106 passes the corresponding emergency clause is adopted, Please return to the House. House Bill
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1126. House Bill 1126 by budget, an act for the Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood Appropriation
for the 2025, 2026 fiscal year. Senator, dismay, you're recognized happy to take any
questions, any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection? rolling
the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Senators, please check the board.
Anyone wish to change his or her vote. Seeing no one, please cast
up the ballot by a vote of 35 yeah, zero nay House Bill 1126 passes corresponding emergency clauses adopted. Please return to the house.
Senate Bill 362. Sending about 362 by Senator
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Hammer, and I for the Department of
Education Division of Elementary and secondary education youth organization grants
appropriation for the 2025, 2026 fiscal year. Senator dismaying you're recognized. This is a $2
million unfunded gran. Any questions? Anyone will speak against
or for sends closed, any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll
the vote. Senators, please check the board. Any senator wish to change his
or her vote, seeing no one please cast up the ballot
by a vote of 35 yeah, zero, nay, Senate Bill 362 passes and the corresponding emergency clause is
adopted. Senate Bill 354. We are passing over Senate Bill 354. The
one I passed over JR 1018. Yeah, we can go ahead and do it now.
Anyway Senators, we're going to take up HJR 1018.
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How short resolution 10, 18s and Ray and Senator Payton, the citizens only voting amendment. Senator Payton,
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you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. So
members, I was over in the house, uh, state agencies got here late a little uh frazzled, so I had to pass over it a minute ago, but uh I think we've got the concerns alleviated. Basically the, the constitutional amendment that the Senate wants to refer to the people who just passed their state agencies this morning in the House. Uh, so this, uh,
amendment is running a step ahead of that one. So what I'd like to do is go ahead and present it. Hopefully, you'll vote for it, and then we can hold it here until tomorrow, and that way the other one gets hurt on the house and before we've released this one. But HJR 1018 is the citizens only voting amendment. It, it's a proposed amendment that would ensure only United States citizens can vote in our state and local elections and amends Article 3, Section 1 of the Arkansas Constitution,
which deals with the qualifications of electors. So, uh, basically, Americans should determine the future of America, Arkansans should determine the future of Arkansas. We all have voters in our districts who are concerned about the crisis of illegal immigration. They want us to do something about it. I think this measure is doing something about it, and I think the people will support it, allowing non-citizens to vote undermines the importance of citizenship. Voting is a fundamental right of
US citizens and allowing non-citizen. Voting dilutes the votes of regular Americans. Uh, because of the efforts in many places to legalize non-citizen voting. There's now a nationwide movement on this issue, and we have the choice to either be part of it or be left behind. There are 20 states that that dictate citizen only voting, and 15 of those have adopted citizens only voting amendments that you see before you today, uh, in 2024,
Missouri, Oklahoma, uh, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carol of, Wisconsin, I adopted similar measures. The voters of Arkansas will approve this amendment in all the states that I just mentioned every single citizen voting amendment passed with at least 63% support. Some passed with as much as 86% support as it did in South Carolina, the average was 73.5%. So Arkansans are gonna want this. In Arkansas, recent polling
shows the major is supported by over 70% of Arkansans. I'll stand by for questions. Questions for Senator
Payton. No questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for. Sender, you're
recognized clothes. I'd just like to say
this is the house's referred it to us, and I'd like to refer it to the people of Arkansas. Appreciate a good vote. Senator
has closed any objection to rolling the vote see
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was that an objection? Objection noted, Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
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Boron, Caldwell. Caldwell, Clark. Park Crowell, Davis.
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Davis, this this man. This man Dotson English. Yeah.
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Yeah. English. Flippo Flowers. Gilmore, hammer. Hester.
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Hickey. Hi Irvin Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson. King Laing, King letting, King Lading Laing.
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Love. key McKee. Murdoch Murdoch, Peyton. Henzo Kenzo.
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Scott. Stone. Stab afield. Step up.
Sullivan Tucker. attacker, Wallace. Any senator wish to
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change his or her vote or vote who did not vote, Senator Davis,
yes Penzo, yes, Clark, yes. Any
Seeing no other. Please cast. Please cast
up the ballot. By a vote of 27, 0 nay, 6 not
voting 2 present, House Joint Resolution 1018 passes. Do I need to make a motion to hold it here?
Yes, OK, so members, I would appreciate we hold it 24 hours so that the our amendment can catch up. Appreciate a good vote. All those in favor
of the motion to hold House Joint Resolution 1018 for 24 hours, please signify to say I. Any opposed? I have it. Motion carries. Senators, I believe that This
is the time Senator Hester. Senator Hester We're going to take a break at
this time, so Senate will stand in recess. Oh
The Senate will come back to order, Madam Secretary, are there items at the desk?
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Yes, will your committee on state agencies to whom we referred House Bill 1957 or Hack recommend new pass calendar. on gross bills and we referred Bill 54 by joint budget compared the grossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed calendar. 6:44 by Senator McKee to amend the law concerning the execution of a writ of possession and to allow for the removal of a
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manufactured home or mobile home from property that is subject to rid of
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possession. Judiciary. Thank you, Madam
Secretary. Now we will take up house bills. Beginning with House Bill 1003. House will
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1003, a house management, an act for the Arkansas House of Representatives, staff appropriation for the 2025, 2026 fiscal year. Senator Hammer, you're
recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. The bill title
says that all this is the act to approve the House Appropriation. Appreciate a
good vote. Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Please check the board. the job. Please check the board.
Any senator wish to change his or her vote. Saying no objection or rather
saying no changes, please cast up the ballot, by a vote of 35 ya, zero or
nay, House Bill 1003 passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted, please. Return to the house. House
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Bill 1142. House Bill 11:42 a representative Brown and Central Dotson to create the
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reproductive empowerment and support through optimal restoration Act. Senator Dodson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam
Governor. Members, House Bill 1142 is the Restore Act guaranteeing coverage
for women to treat issues that may incur, that they may encounter that causes them difficulty to conceive a baby. Health conditions like endometriosis, PCOS and ovolitionation dysfunctions left untreated can cause women pain, discomfort, and are some of the leading causes of infertility in the United States. This bill seeks to allow the necessary medical coverage for women to have a baby. This coverage could
include hormonal panels, blood tests, ultrasounds, etc. Simply put, this bill expands options for treatments. I'm happy to try and answer any questions. Questions for Senator Dodson. Anyone wish to speak
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against or for. Do you have a question, Senator Hill, you're recognized for a question. Senator Dodson, what
what's the fiscal impact on this. You know, I
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didn't bring that with me over here, so I don't
know if there is one for sure or not, um, I think there was, there was one that was earlier in the, the uh Before it was amended. Might be able to pull it up online and see um Theoretically it should have a positive because if women are seeking these types of treatments, they may forego more expensive other types of treatments. So 300,000.
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Anyone wish to speak against or for. Send her his clothes. Any objection to rolling the boat. See no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat.
OK Objection was noted after I asked the Secretary to roll the boat. Would you like to change your vote?
All right. Senator Flowers, no. Any other senator, Senator Scott, no. Murdoch, no. Love,
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no, Tucker, no, letting know. Any other senator. Seeing no other police cast up
the ballot. By a vote of 29, 6, nay,
house of 1142 passes. Please return to the house.
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House Bill 1185. How to spell 1185 by Representative Johnson Center pins out to adopt the
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dietician licener compact in Arkansas. Senator Penzo, you're recognized. Thank
you, Madam President. This, this is another compact bill similar to the physician compact and the
physician assistant compact bill we've already passed, and I think there's a few others got all the language in it that uh everybody has requested for the other compacts, so I'd appreciate a good vote on this.
Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the
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boat, seeing no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Senators, please check the board. Any senator wish
to change his or her vote. Senator Dodson present. Any other senator
seeing no other police police cast up the ballot by a vote of 34 e, zero nay, 1 present. House Bill 1185 passes. Please return to the house.
House Bill 1187, Senator Payton. House Bill
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1187 by Representative Volt and Senator Payton. To the lozener
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of my endorsement for marriage and family therapist. Senator Payton, you're recognized. Thank you,
Madam President. Colleagues, 1187 will allow additional licensed mental health therapists to practice in Arkansas. It's not really lightening the standards, but it's, it's given a lot shorter
path to coming in if you have a license in good standing in another state. It has a little bit of verification in there to make sure that you're in good standing in another state. We currently allow licensees from other states to come into Arkansas already, but this is just keeping some guidelines in place to make sure that, that their license is in good standing in that other state and um there's no known opposition. Appreciate a good vote. Any questions?
Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has
closed. Any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Senators, please check the board. Let me know if you wish to
change your vote. Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 35 ya, 0 or nay, House of 1187 passes. Please return to
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the house. House Bill 1285, Senator
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Boyd. House Bill 1285 Boris Johnson, Senator for Bowen to establish an exemption program for
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ambulance services operators for certain healthcare services. Senator Boyd, you're
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recognized. Thank you, Madam President. House Bill 1285, this bill very simply allows that a medical director of an ambulance service establishes a set of protocols approved by the EMS commission at the Arkansas Department of Health. The service can then forego the use of telemedicine while using treating in place. There's no known opposition. Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for.
Send her his clod, any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her
vote? Seeing no one please cast up the ballot by a vote of 35, yeah, zero or nay. House Bill 1285 passes.
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Please return to the house. House Bill 1428,
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Senator Urban. Houseville 1428 by Senator Irving to amend the law
regarding public lodging and to provide a bed height requirement for mobility accessible rooms. Senator Irvin, you're
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recognized. Thank you what the bill does is that it creates an exact measurement, I think, of 23 inches for that bed height, which is proven to be the safe height according to disabilities and those with disabilities, so that's what the bill does. It just sets an exact height for the bed. Any questions?
Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has
closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Anyone wish to change his or her vote. McKee,
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no. Bryant, no. King not voting. Dotson, no. Peyton
No. Penzo, no. Any other senator, Senator Flippo, no. And others Please check the board.
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Hester, no. Hell no. Davis present. These no. Sullivan, no. Clark. No Rice No. Boyd present. Stubblefield, no.
Hickey, no. I. Any others?
Seeing no others. Please cast up the ballot.
By a vote of 1814 nay, 1 not voting to present House Bill 1428 passes, please return to the house. House Bill 1433, Senator Urban.
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Has 1433 by Central Irving and
Representative Moore to require a law enforcement
officer who is executing or serving an order of protection to serve any outstanding criminal warrants related to domestic violence or offenses involving the petitioner as the victim. Senator Urban, you're recognized.
Senator Missy Irvin
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Yes, this is really an important bill. What it
does, it just says that if law enforcement is assisting in the execution or service of an order of protection under current state statute, then they shall perform a check for active
warrants for the arrest of the person being served before executing service under this section, um. I just have to say we
we had a deputy in Stone County who was actually killed, uh, trying to issue, um, Issue one of these orders and, um, and it would have been helpful if he had known kind of all the history behind the person that he was going and knocking on their door, so I think it's a really great bill. I'm happy to answer any questions.
Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for send her his clothes. Thank you. Any objection rolling the vote, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote. King not voting. And he had a senator. Seeing no other,
please cast up the ballot by a
vote of 34 ye, zero nay, 1 not voting. House Bill 1433. Passes, please return to the
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house. House Bill 1439. 1439 Lady Man Senator Flippo to remove the certification process, uh, of the Department of Human Services from Lassenger as a private care agency. Senator Flippo, you're recognized, think about a chair, member,
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so this is dealing with private care agencies, which are agencies that provide in-home care, non-medical in-home care services to people in their houses, so activities of daily living, dressing, grooming, preparing meals, housekeeping.
So currently the process requires that you go through the Department of Health first for a licensure, and then if you get that approved, you go to DHS for the permit or the certification, excuse me, and so there's a duplicative process here that was put in place back in 2009 when all this took shape. And so DHS and Department of Health brought this bill to myself and Representative Ladyman and they are going from they've gone from 9 applications in 2009 to an average of 20 or 80 to 120 a year right now, so this is actually taken up quite a bit of time, so this streams
like the process. No opposition. Appreciate a good vote.
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Any questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the boats, seeing no objection,
Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote not voting. Any other senator. Seeing no other please cast up the ballot by a vote of 34, yeah, 0, nay, 1 not voting. House Bill 1439 passes, please return to the house.
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House Bill 1456, Center Hill. Has 1456 by
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Representative Rose Senator Hill to amend the state Kidney Disease commission to be an advisory council to the Department of Health. Senator Hill, you're recognized.
Senator Ricky Hill
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Thank you, Madam Governor. Colleagues, all this bill does, it takes the, the, the kidney replacement and puts it from a commission to a to
an advisory board. They've had trouble getting people to come to meetings, people not filling spots, so they're going to
change it to advisory board from a commission and dropped the number of memberships down from 10 to 7, so hopefully they can get those positions filled and then it's going to also put it under the Department of Health.
Any questions for Senator Hill? Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senators closed. Any objection rolling the boat, saying no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote, King not voting, any other senator. Saying no other senator, please cast up the ballot by a vote of
34, 0, nay, 1, not voting. House Bill 1456 passes. Please return to the house. House Bill 1458. Senator Ervin. As
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for 1458 by Representative Johnson, Senator Irving, to amend the definition of credentialing information when the Arkansas State Medical Board is providing information
to cre uh creditizing uh organization. Senator Urban, you're recognized. Thank you. Um,
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what this bill does is just strikes one of the
credential information because it's a, there's a federal issue with Being able to share this information about your DEA license. So, um, that's what the bill does, uh, Representative Johnson worked with the state medical board on the legislation and this was unnecessary change in state law that we needed to make. Questions for us and urban, anyone wish
to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objections to rolling the boat,
seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. And he sender wish to change his or her vote. Senator King, not voting, any other senators saying no other, please cast up the ballot by a vote of
34, yeah, zero, nay, 1, not voting, House Bill 1458 passes, please
return to the house. We are passing
over 1,471 right now. We will next move Senator Penzo to House Bill 1529.
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House for 1529 and it makes and Santra Penza to create the criminal offense of unlawful creation or distribution of deep faith visual materials and to establish a cause of action for unlawful creation of deep
faith, visual material. Senator Penzo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. We worked
with the AEG's office on this bill, and it's one of their priorities, um, uh, some of the language was derived from them and and they testified in support of the bill
in committee. bill outlaws the creation or dis distribution of non-consensual deep fake sexually explicit material that depicts an identifiable person, violation for the first offense is a class A misdemeanor, 2 or more is a class D felony. It provides a private right of action against a violator for damages and provides the AEG a right of action against the image generator if they fail to have reasonable safeguards in place to prevent the
creation of this. type of material if there are any questions, I'd be happy to
answer them. If not appreciate moment to speak against
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or for. And Senator Pinzo's closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, saying no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote.
See no one please cast up the ballot by a vote of 35 yeah, zero nay, House Bill 1529 passes. Please return to the house. House Bill 15.
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is there Labor requested for send her flowers.
Next, we'll take up House Bill 1537. for 1537 by Representative Ladyman and Senator to repeal the cation Act for community homes for individuals with intellig intellectual and developmental
disabilities. Senator Dasia recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. Members 8
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House Bill 1537 is an act to repeal the Location Act for
community homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This helps with a lot of our HDCs across the state and to repeal some of this language and this regulation that would help them function. Questions for Senator D's, Sender
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Love, you're right to ask her a question. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, Senator
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Deeds, I haven't had a chance to look at this, but
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practically like, what is actually going to be happening once this bill takes effect.
Senator Tyler Dees
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It's my understanding that it should make things easier for HTCs. There's, there's a lot of um language that's being removed around density control that is kind of cumbersome around the city populations
about where these facilities can function. OK, so are we, are we talking about with this, with this increase the
number of HTCs or I don't think it would necessarily
increase them. It would just help them function better is my understanding. OK. All right,
thank you. Any other questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for. Senators closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary,
please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her voteing not
voting. And he had a senator. Seeing no other police cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 ye,
zero nay, 1 not voting. House Bill 1537. Passes, please return to the house. House Bill 1580. Has 1580
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by Representative Graham and Senator Petty to require schools to provide certain information on type 1 and type 2 diabetes when
other health information is provided. Senator Petty, you recognized. Thank you, Madam President.
Members nearly 14% of our population have been diagnosed with diabetes. This bill, HB 1580, is, is simply an education bill. It's not a diagnosis bill, and it's a Intended to bring greater awareness around diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, and, and all this bill essentially does is it requires schools if they are already handing out information around other medical conditions or or other for other purposes, infectious diseases, that kind
of thing, then they would hand out a material about diabetes, and with that I'm happy to answer any questions.
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Questions for Senator Petty. Senator Payton, you're Thank you,
Madam President. So as I read this yesterday, I was curious, do we mandate the educational materials that you're linking it to, or are those, are those things We're saying if they provide educational information on the other things that they have to
do this. I'm asking is the other part mandated? The, the other information, I, I
do not know the answer to that. I, I'm sorry.
I don't my concern is we may be all gung ho about mandating this. So if they don't want to do it, all they gotta do is quit doing the other part that's not mandated, and then, and then we're, we're actually counterproductive if we're trying to teach the kids about diseases or or whatever. So if, if we hand out a mandate instead
of a recommendation. And then we tie it to recommendations. The mandate is worthless. So
I, I don't know about the mandate of other materials. Uh, it's, it's, this
is not my bill. I agreed to be the Senate sponsor on it, as I understand it though, they're already handing out materials at the first of the year packet or, or during certain times of the year around certain diseases or raising awareness at that point is when they would do that. I
would be perfectly happy with a future bill that mandated it because it is a big, it is a big issue and a growing issue, you know, they expect 19,000 adults and umpteen,000
children to be diagnosed with this, so I think that would be a good idea. It's just
not, I'm not for the mandate in either situation.
I'm pointing out the fact that they're doing something voluntarily they could do this voluntarily. That's we're gonna make it a mandate
and so then they could actually quit doing the other and still avoid the mandate, so I don't I don't support the mandates, period. It just seems like it's a very Haphazard way to do it. Thank you. I understand. Any other questions? Anyone wish to speak against
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or for. Senator, you're afraid to close. I am
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close. is closed. Any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any sender was to change his or
her vote, Senator Payton, no. And he had senators.
Seeing no other. Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 yeah. One name House Bill 1580 passes, please return to the house. House Bill 1585. House
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1585, or Johnson Central Hammer to provide an exception for licener
as a home health care service to an entity is
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solely provides therapy services that are not reimbursed by Medicare Part A. Senator Hammer,
you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. This is, this affects Medicare only, not Medicaid, so there's no fiscal impact or cost. Medicare allows certain therapy services like uh physical and occupational therapy. To be performed in home settings, Arkansas law for home care licenser is broadly worded and can be interpreted to require these therapy companies
to get a home care license. This is already an exemption in code to clarify these therapy providers are not home care providers, and this bill clarifies the company is not a home care company either. Home care companies often provide non-skilled services and could be Medicaid providers if therapy companies get a home care license, it would lead to confusion by patients seeking care. These companies and providers are still licensed and credentialed in other ways. This just says that they don't have to come home care companies to
operate, and there is no known opposition to this bill. I'll be glad to take
questions. Questions for Senator Hammer. Anyone will speak against or for. Senator. closed centers closed.
Any objection rolling the vote, seeing no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. And and send her was
change his or her boking not voting, any other senator. Seeing no other police cast up
the ballot by a vote of 33A0 name. One not voting. House Bill 1585 passes,
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please return to the house. We are passing over House Bill 1624. Next we'll take
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up House Bill 1627. Has for 1627 by Representative Barnett to amend the law concerning
property tax relief and require counties to provide notice to taxpayers concerning certain property tax relief
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offered under Arkansas law. Senator Murdoch, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor. This is just a notification bill, specifically, uh, helping those there are ADA, um, or have disabilities and an order for 65 that wanted um kindly sends out their tax bills. They make sure they they put in their bill, their relief as well. Let them know about the relief that's available to them through the property tax relief and Amendment 79. So it's just a
notification. Any questions for Senator Murdoch? Anyone wish to speak against or for, send her his clothes. Any objection to rolling the boat, see no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any cinder was change his or her vote, Senator Payton, no. Senator Dodson, no. Bryant present. And other
senator saying no other. Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 31 2 nay, one present. House Bill 1627 passes. Please
return to the house. House Bill
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1646. House was 1646 by Representative McGrew and
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Senator McKee to require certain materials to be stored in lot compartments within a designated area. Senator McKee, you recognized. Thank you, Governor. Members, this is just a
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simple bill that seeks to give Teachers and parents'
mechanism to make sure that the material available in their school media
center is age appropriate if it is about sexuality. I'd be happy to take any questions. Any questions
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for Senator McKee. Saying no questions. Senator Sullivan, no, OK. Anyone we should speak against?
For or on Senator Sullivan, you're recognized to speak against. River's the only part of this bill
I'm concerned about. It says, um, the board, if you're
found knowingly guilty for the 3rd time the board shall revoke the individual's teaching license. I don't think they have the authority to do that. They can fire them and they can terminate them. They can suspend him. I don't think your local school board can achieve that, not be voting for this bill at this time.
Any other senator wish to speak for against or on the bill, if not Senator McKee, you're recognized clothes. Senator McKee is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote,
seeing no objection, objection noted, Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
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Have a par at the desk, entra Dotson, yes, Central flowers, no. Read. Brant
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Caldwell Caldwell. Clark Clark Uh Crawl Crawl. Davis Davis.
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Days Days. This man. Dotson, yes, English. Flippo Flippo. Flowers? No, Gilmore.
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Gilmore. Hammer. Hester. Hester Hicky Hill. Irvin
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Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson, Mark Johnson. King King. Gliding, lighting. Love. McKee
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Murdoch. Murdoch. Payton Payton. Enzo.
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Patty. Rice Scott. Scott. Stan Stephil. Sullivan. Tucker Wallace. Wallace Any
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senator wish to change his or her vote. Senator Mark Johnson, yes. Senator
Crow present. Senator letting know.
Senator Dees, yes, Scott. Gilmore, no, Gilmore. yes. Irvin, yes.
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Any other senators, please check the board. Gilmore I. Because there are people
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Please check the board. Any other senator
Seeing no other police cast up the ballot by a vote of 16, yeah, 6 nay, 6 not voting, 7
present. House Bill 1646 fails. Senator McKee, you're recognized I'd like to make a motion to expunge the vote by
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which 1646 failed. All those in favor of the motion please signify by
saying aye, and he opposed, I have it, motion carries. House Bill 1662. House was 1662 by Representative McKenzie and
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Senator Johnson to prohibit lobbying for a covered foreign entity. Senator Blake Johnson,
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you're recognized members, this, this bill, uh, Prohibits our enemies from lobbying the state of Arkansas and our local entities and having undue influence into the procedures and and enriching themselves, uh, through that process. Members
This nation is always at war. Sometimes it's with bullets. And this is economic. And I would
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appreciate a good vote. Any questions, Senator
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Rice should recognized. Thank you, Senator Johnson, uh, It lists on
page one line 31. It talks about Uh are a party.
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Other than the individual, who is that party? Those would be corporations and other structures that, that are not domiciled in the United States, but in those in those prohibited foreign nations. OK. And this bill was amended. Does it let, is that what the party was amended
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out of or I, I don't know on the other end you know about the
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amendment. I don't, I don't know on the other end. I'm sorry. You don't know about an amendment that lets
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A large retailer to give clearance to. No, sir. You carried the bill in
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the Senate. Mhm Was that that Not part of the information you were given from the house. No, sir.
OK, I'll dress it from the floor. Any other questions for Senator Blake Johnson, saying no questions. Anyone wish to speak against. I see Senator Sullivan,
Tucker, and Rice, but I will
also, and Clark, but I will also invite senators to speak for or on Senator Sullivan, you're recognized to
speak against members, I just think this is not the right timing. Right now we have a lot of dynamics going on nationally, and our president is cutting deals with countries all over the world. I think it was 70 something. that agreed on the tariffs to to negotiate. We are locking ourselves in with this bill, and I just think the timing is not
right for us to lock in with any nation on this and allow our president and others to negotiate this issue. Thank you. Anyone wish
to speak for or on, if not to speak against Senator Tucker, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President,
my concerns with the bill are all constitutional, and I, I think it could violate up to 5 separate provisions of the US Constitution. The first and most important is the First Amendment, and make sure that
you understand this bill is not regulating the ability of foreign countries to speak in the United States. It's regulating the ability of Arkansans to speak on behalf of foreign owned entities in the United States. So it is actually regulating the free speech of Arkansans. As part of that, we'll just use TikTok as an example. There's over 10,000 Arkansas businesses that advertise on TikTok regularly, and those Arkansas businesses deserve to have a voice at the Arkansas State Capitol. The whole point of the First Amendment is that I don't have to agree with what you say, but I do agree and
support your right to say it. I don't, I don't support the policies of China and Russia, but I do support the ability of our Arkansans to speak freely in their state capital. Beyond just the fundamental free speech portion, the way the bill is written, it actually prohibits unpaid lobbying on behalf of covered foreign entities because It just says if you receive compensation for for lobbying, then you're not allowed to lobby on behalf of a covered foreign entity. It doesn't say for the for the for what you're compensated for. So I think there's an ambiguity in the way the bill is written. The other four constitutional provisions
Senator Sullivan actually already mentioned one, mentioned one in Articles 12, and 3 of the US Constitution, it leaves the, it says foreign affairs are to be managed by the federal government. President Trump actually issued an executive order this weekend dealing with TikTok in which he said, hey. Let me do my job, states y'all shouldn't do that y'all shouldn't do foreign policy. We've actually been engaging in a good bit of foreign policy here this session, but I think this is one area that's best left to the federal government. Third is that laws get declared unconstitutional if they're too
vague, and I think the language in the bill about whether something is under the influence of a foreign covered entity. It's too vague to actually be enforced. The Commerce Clause of the US Constitution says that uh that commerce with foreign is to be managed by the foreign by the federal government, not by state governments, and then the last one is the equal protection clause, which again goes back to the first point, of free speech, which is I don't have to agree with what you say, but I do agree with your right to say it. This bill picks and
chooses what speech is and is not allowed. There are US owned subsidiaries of businesses headquartered in foreign countries that would have a claim that this law is being applied to them unequally, which is that's where the violation of the equal. clause comes in, so, you know, we all swear an oath to uphold the US Constitution when we vote on laws down here, so I'll be voting no about for those reasons. Anyone wish
to speak on or for, if not to speak against Senator Reich she recognized.
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Thank you, Madam President. Members, this is the one I've Not
the only one because I've said it about all bills that get signed out. This is the one the other day. It was, did not pass with 4 to 4 vote with all 8 members in the judiciary. And after that, I did some homework and thought if it came back up I'd be able to address it. But I was the last one to get the notified that it was being signed out. So I'm here today. China is our adversary. Fact
Russia is our adversary. That's a fact. The First Amendment is not our adversary. This bill doesn't do anything to a company. This bill criminalizes Speech from lobbyists and law to lawmakers about clients who are operating legally in our state. This bill does not regulate or
affect any entity in the bill's defined, covered, foreign entity list. Through the online platform operating legally and serves as an advertising medium for uh over 34,000 small and medium Arkansas businesses, the platform's lobbyists could not talk to lawmakers under threat of felony or imprisonment.
HB 1662 was amended to make sure it did not capture the world's largest retailer. Also an Arkansas company who sold an estimated 49 billion in Chinese merchandise of last year. This bill is not about China. It penalizes Arkansans, uh, and violates the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech for Arkansas residents and US citizens. My colleague standing in front
of me, center disma fairly in recent time when I questioned about an appointment to a commission, made the statement, fair, if you're, if you're legally registered in Arkansas, if you're filing your reports required reports transparently as you should, you have a right to be a lobbyist. I can't argue with that. That's
all I was asking for. Let's be be all out in the open. What Senator Tucker just referenced. Is something that I printed off and would have brought up in committee. From April 4th. It's from the White House. It is a two-page, really a page and a half. From President Trump's order, and it was mentioned, I mentioned in committee, I believe he had extended it and I didn't remember the date. I think it was 75 days.
In section D, it says because of the national security interests at stake and because 2D Of the Act vest authority for investigations and enforcement of the act only in the Attorney General. Attempted enforcement by the states or private parties represent an encroachment. Of the powers of the executive. The Attorney General shall shall
exercise all available authority. To preserve and defend the executives, exclusive authority to enforce the act. I know Senator Cotton and I support his very staunch. Uh Concerns of our adversaries. And rightly so, but we're, we're targeting somebody here that I don't think is necessary. And let me add, Uh
General Electric Company, which is not only the, the covered foreign entity list. But it's a very well recognized name. And the GE company that makes MRI machines and jet engines and turbines and everything. They sold GE appliances in 2016. They just kept them because they kept them in your houses and that name means something and it's, it was PR. They finally wouldn't make enough money on it
and just wanted to divest, they sold it to higher. A Chinese company from the mainland China. But it's in, it is manufacturing in 5 US states. They spent like a billion dollars and brought back a uh line they had in Mexico and put in Tennessee there in Kentucky, they're in Georgia, they're in South Carolina and one other state I don't remember. You know, they're not on this
list are we gonna make it where you can't come lobby for them if they want to build a plant in Arkansas. Let's
target our adversaries. Let's don't target the First Amendment free speech. I'd ask you to vote no. Anyone else wish to speak?
Against on or for. Senator, dismaying, you're recognized to speak for. Against China for the bill, uh,
members, we already regulate what we can, what lobbyists can and cannot do. This is an extension of that regulation. I think everyone has in this chamber understand the influence that China and Russia is having on us as we're making legislative decisions through their entities and their corporations and their associations. It was heavily influenced prior to this administration. Uh, I don't think this is out of turn for what we're
able to regulate and with that I'd ask for a good vote. Well OK.
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Senator Rice, you recognized to be fair, I spoke up. When the previous governor Hutchison. And chairmans of Chinese companies who cannot do business unless they're Approved by the communist Chinese. And it was said in his Uh, conference room down there by the head of his economic development. Uh Chairmans, these are now your legislators about Arkansas legislators standing there.
I called out about his uh lobbying efforts from his namesake law firm whose Sunrun. About dealings. That I don't remember anybody being concerned about that. What's changed. You don't remember anyone being concerned about that speaking
up about that at the time. I'm sorry. I don't know
what your. No, I'm sorry, I was opposed to it at
the time. I'm not sure. I'm not sure what I was supposed
to do differently. I, I don't know what
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the, I mean if there's concern with the companies deal with the companies. Nobody seemed to have concern with the companies just a few years ago. OK. Senator Mark
Johnson, you're recognized for a question. Senator Desma, I'm,
I'm a little confused on what We, we know what a lobbyist is
defined in the state of Arkansas. But I also know that if you are an agent for a foreign government and of course it's kind of hard to, there's a gray line between Chinese companies and the Chinese government because it's a communist country. uh, would someone that's lobbying for a foreign entity, would they have, should they be registered as a, as a agent of a foreign government. I don't know the answer to that. I mean,
we'll speak directly to this bill for me. I think this
is good policy for the state of Arkansas, and I tend to agree with you on that, but I'd rather err against them then, and I also believe that the First Amendment is for generally for citizens. We welcome free speech, but to have a right to it, you need to be a citizen. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Madam
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President. Senator Clark, you're recognized to speak against. We
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can certainly eliminate speech. Regardless of the First
Amendment, you have to be careful when you're doing it, uh, we can't yield fire in a crowded theater that's well established. But it's very dangerous when you eliminate speechs because I want to be able to hear the full argument. And we in 12 years I have watched this group working together, then this group working together, then this group working together and
A lot of times the people that are on the wrong side, sometimes being blackballed. Uh have ideas that I need to hear. If I want to get the whole truth. This bill doesn't say that someone from China can't speak. It says someone from the US can't speak certain things and they, they can't speak for China. Now what's carefully not in the bill is this is own politics. This is lobbyist,
which is a top of sales and, but when it comes to actually selling product, which if you really want to go after your enemy. When it comes to selling product, we're careful that that's not in there because I'm buying products from China, I'm selling new products from China and but what I do is a drop in the bucket compared to the largest retailer in the world. The Idea that I can't take a dollar.
For this one thing. I can take a $1 to sell you on Walmart. I can take $1 to sell you against Walmart. I can take a $1 to speak for the, for Russia, or Russia's spin on things or for Vietnam's for the Philippines, but not for China. And I can assure you there will be arguments that we ought to hear that we want. When we eliminate what we can say.
And who we can say it for. I have voted for every other China bill, not this one. There is a bill that regulates, that says that you have to register and I'm all for that bill, that if you're all being for China, that you have to register, but a bill that says you just can't speak, can't do that. Anyone
else wish to speak for or against or on, seeing no one else, Senator Blake Johnson, you recognized clothes.
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Appreciate the opposition, uh, don't agree
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with it. These are paid lobbyists and they monetary gain for our enemies. This bill prohibits those that monetary gain through lobbying and influencing you. You can't go to China. You can't go to Russia. And lobby on behalf of a company that's in the United States.
I'll promise you that. I'm not asking for us to be like China and Russia, but I'm, I'm asking you to not allow our freedoms to be our weaknesses. I'm, I'm asking you to vote for this bill because we don't want to, uh, we
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don't want to enrich our enemies, and I'd appreciate a good vote. senator has closed, Madam
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Secretary, please call the roll. We do have a pair at the desk. A pair
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was announced. Senator Flowers, nay. Senator Blake Johnson. Boet Brant. Front Caldwell. Caldwell. Bark,
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row. OK Crow Davis Transparred Davis. Days. This man. Dodson Dasson. English. about.
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Flowers John No. Gilmore. Hammer
hammer. Hester. Hickey Hill. Hill
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Mark Johnson, King lighting. Cladding Love. The key. Murdoch. You didn't
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Titan. Penzo Pinzo. Patty. Price. Scott
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Scott. Stone. Steel Sullivan. Tucker. Wallace. Any senator who did not vote, who
wishes or who wish to change
your boat, I see Senator Dodson, yes. Send a hammer present. Bryant, yes. He present.
Letting know. Any other Urban, yes. Any other Please check the board. Seeing
no other police cast at
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the ballot by a vote of 1614 nay, 3 not
voting, 2 present. House Bill 1662 fails. Senator Blake Johnson, you're recognized motioning to expand the vote by 1662
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failure. All those in favor of the motion to expunge the vote by which
House Bill 1662 failed, please signify by saying aye. And he opposed I have I have it. Motion carries. House Bill 1672. Has 1672 by
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McCollum and Central Board to in provisions of the Arkansas code created more efficient system for public
schools of innovation in Arkansas. Senator Boyd, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President.
Senator Justin Boyd
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This bill creates a timeline for conversion charters to renew their contracts, which will include a written agreement. By the end of the 2728 school year, all charters will have a written contract holding them to performance standards. There are more than 30 district conversion charters. Schools of innovation will be phased out due to other
pathways. These schools may become district conversion charter schools, the Office of Innovation at the UFA previously provided coaching and support to schools of innovation. They support this. Change. Questions for Senator Boyd. Saying
no questions. Anyone we speak against or for. Senators closed, any objection to rolling the vote, saying no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote King not voting.
Any other senator. Tucker present, any other senator? seen no other police cast up the ballot. By a vote of
32 0 nay, 1 not voting, one present House Bill 1672 passes
returned to the house. And senators, one quick announcement, introduction. Speaking of our So
More of our international allies rather than our international adversaries. We have some special guests up here in the VIP gallery. We have Major Adrian Kyle and Warrant Officer Chris Howard, uh, they are with the British Army Reserve operational shooting team. They have been competing with other military teams from across the globe at Camp Robinson. I appreciate them dropping by my office and visiting with my team and I presenting me with the plaque, but thank you gentlemen for your work, for
your friendship. being here Secretary, are there items at the desk?
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Yes, we are your committee on gross bills to his first Senate Bill 67 by joint
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budget for the gross cop of the ritual and find the same correctly engrossed. Calendar Committee on Eressment to his Hassel, 1865 by Representative Valton Central Tucker compared the ross copy of the ritual and findste correctly
engrossed calendar for your committee on public health, to whom was referred house 1961 by Representative A recommend Du pass calendar. OK. Thank you, Madam
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Secretary. Now we will take up House Bill 1680. Houseville
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1680 by Representative Bolt and Central Johnson to prevent a foreign party controlled business from leasing land and to prohibit a prohibited foreign party from holding an interest in real
property or agricultural land in certain circumstances. Senator Blake Johnson, you're recognized. remembers
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this expands uh what I did in the last session, uh, don't allow those prohibited foreign parties to lease and uh and have those in the critical, in our critical infrastructure and also into the city, so appreciate a good vote. Any questions? Anyone wish
Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling
the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary,
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please. Roll the boat. We have a pair at the desk. Senator Johnson,
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Blake Johnson, yes, Senator Flowers, no. Send her flowers, no. Any Blake Johnson,
yes. Any others? Tucker, no. Scott, no. Murdoch, no.
Letting know. Any other? Love, no. Any other
seen, no other, please
cast up the ballot by a vote of 29, 6 nay, House
Bill 1680 passes, please return to the house. House Bill 1682. House for
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1682 by Representative Painter and Senator Davis.
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OK. Central Wallace, do you want to handle it? You're one of the sponsors. You want to
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handle this, Bill? OK, we'll just pass over. We will temporarily pass over House Bill 1682, as well as 1728.
Senator Bryant. We will next go to House Bill 1730.
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That 1730 by Representative Brown, Central Bryant to amend the law
concerning the issuance and transfer of wholesale permits. Senator Bryant, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Senator Joshua Bryant
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House Bill 1730, just reauthorizes ABC to issue wholesale liquor permits across Arkansas in 2013, the state stopped the issuance of new permits. It's been 12 years with the consolidation and new products coming online. Uh, it's prohibiting some of the the growth of the of the market, so What this bill will do is allow
ABC to issue new wholesale permits, um, it's agreed upon bill across the existing partners in the industry, so that'd be glad to take
any questions. Any questions for Senator Bryant? Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the boats, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote, Senator Peyton present. King not.
King not voting. Lob no. Dodson, no. Any other senator. Seeing no other senator. These, no. Any other senator. Seeing no other police cast up the ballot by
vote of 29, 3 nay, 1 not voting, 1. House Bill 1730 passes. Please return to
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the house. House Bill 1764 House 1764 by Representative Underwood and
Senator Bryant, an act to amend the law concerning a violation of
Senator Joshua Bryant
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an order of protection. Senator Bryant, you're recognized. Thank you Madam President. Members of House Bill 1764 expands our law about orders of protection for our victims to include um when they come, when those come across state lines, so it doesn't change anything with our current orders of protection. What it does is it addresses those that come across our state lines from other states that have similar
laws and violations of protection. They come over here and commit that act here, we can recognize it as a state, as a previous offense. I thought I'd be glad to take
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any questions. Any any questions for Senator Bryant. Anyone wish to speak against
or for Senators closed, any objection rolling the boats in objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any sender was to change his or her vote. Seeing no one, please cast up
the ballot by a vote of 34, 0, nay, 7, House Bill 1764 passes. Please return to the house. We will temporarily pass over House Bill 1766. Next we'll go
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to 1767. 1767 by Representative Johnson, Senator Irving, to abolish the emergency medical services advisory council and
to create the emergency medical services
advisory Committee. And Urban, you're recognized.
Senator Missy Irvin
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Thank you. What this bill does is just integrating emergency medical services into the Department of Health
instead of its own sandalon division that's all integrated now and instead of this being a standalone advisory council. It will now become a committee under the Department of Health and reconstituted under the Department of Health. And so, um, and this has a good mix of
both physicians and EMTs, um, that will, uh, do the exact. same job of providing recommendations to the state Board of Health. Happy to answer any questions.
Any questions for an Urban. Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator. Senator King not voting, any others see no see
Senator Dodson, no. Any other? McKee, no. Any other Seeing no other, please cast
up the ballot by a vote of 31 yeah 2 nay, 1 not voting, House Bill 1767 passes, please return to the house. House Bill 1768. Houseville 1768
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by Representative Lustrom and Senator Irving require a solid
waste landfill contract relating to a host fee to be voted on at a regularly scheduled meeting of a host
community in which the landfill is located. Senator Irvin, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam
Senator Missy Irvin
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President, members. This is just allowing and making sure that these
contracts that are negotiated for a host fee within a county in a city, um, that are being proposed, uh, number one, that it should not exceed a term of 4 years and that they agree or contract for this may be
renewed with an additional term not to exceed 4 years at the same amount, um, or renegotiated for a new amount and that it be done in public. um, at a public meeting. Any
questions for Senator Ervin. Anyone wish to speak against or for Senators closed. Any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any sender was to change his or her vote King not voting.
Dotson, no. Any other senator, seeing no other senator, please
cast up the ballot. By a vote of 32, 1 nay, one not voting. House Bill 1768 passes. Please return to the house. House Bill 17831783 in Clowney and Senator Petty to amend the
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law concerning the reduction of a city of first
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class to a city of the 2nd class. Senator Petty, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Members, the
currently a city that is a city of the first class or becomes
a city of the first class when they reached a population of 2500. However, we have a an exception there that if they are cities with up to a population of 5000 that they can opt out of being a first class immediately and and remain a city of the second class. This bill just simply raises that 5000 threshold to 7500. Most cities. want that first class designation, but there are those that are
new to that, and there's cost that comes with it, uh, and obviously there's benefits that come with it as well, but this, this, this bill will simply give those cities that reach that threshold an option to to not become a first-class citizen, I mean a first class city immediately, and with that, I'm happy to answer any questions. Questions for Senator Petty, Senator Payton, you're
recognized. So just to be sure, we're broadening the range in
which they have the option. We're not pushing them one way or the other. That's right.
We're just currently is at 5000, up to if you're over 5000 currently, then you have to become a first class city. This is raising that
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have to number to 7500. OK, thank you. Any other questions,
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see no other questions. And when we speak against your
force, Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator should change his or her vote, not voting, any other
senator. Seeing no other police cast up the ballot by a vote of 33, 0 nay, 1 not voting, House Bill 1783 passes, please return to the House. House
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Bill 1786 1786 by Representative Brooks in Central Bryant to provide eligibility for tuition benefit to soldiers and airmen of the Arkansas
National Guard, attending certain private 2-year
and four-year colleges and universities. Senator Bryant, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Members in
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2019, this body created the National Guard tuition waiver program to be used at our 2 and 4 year state institution. What this bill does is allow those guardsmen to take this tuition waiver to our private universities across the state. These would include Wata Baptist, John Brown, Harding, Philander Smith, Central Baptists, uh, there's zero fiscal impacts. Uh, what we were finding was as the National Guard members were taking their, their federal benefits to these colleges because they're title 4 and they're able to be accepted there. They weren't being able to use the benefits that we granted to them with the state
to offset the cost of books and other other items with that I'd be glad
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to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Bryant? Anyone wish to speak against or for
Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the votes see no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any sender was to change his or her vote King not voting, any other senator, seeing no other place cast up the ballot by a vote of 33, 0, nay, 1, not
voting, House Bill 1786 passes. Please return to the House.
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House Bill 1793. How 1793 by And if they concentrate days to amend the law concerning the use of of positive
behavioral supports in public school districts. Senator Dees, you're recognized. Thank you,
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Madam President. 1793 is a behavior, positive behavior intervention support bill that it really is a common sense local control bill and so PBIS is a behavioral framework that all school districts that
are currently required to use, what this would do is, is not stop them from if they want to continue using it, but just it removes the mandate and gives a return for local control to the districts to decide what works best for their their school district. And so it really is um uh a positive direction that if a school district wants to make a change, they can. We've worked with the Department of Education on this, about the bill, and they are in favor for allowing districts to use the strategies that work best for their students. Any questions for Senator Days.
Anyone wish to speak against or for Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the boat, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. Any senator wish to change his or her vote, Senator Scott, no. Senator Tucker, no. Senator Murdoch, no. Love, no. Letting know. Any other senator, Senator dismaying present. Any other senator.
Senator Ervin present. Any other senator. Seeing no
other senator, please cast up the ballot by vote of 207 ya, 5 nay, 2 present. House Bill 1793 passes. Please return to the house. House Bill 1805. Haville
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1805 or Childress Center hammer to amend
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the definition of bullying and to create a process whereby a public school may conduct multiple simultaneous investigations into the same
allegation of bullying under certain circumstances. Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor.
The essence of this bill is it's permissive if you on page 1 line 34, a couple of places, line 2 or page 2, line 23 in the event that there's a report dealing with bullying. There are standards by feds, standards by state. This aligns them together to reduce the duplication of reports and that's what the bill's about. It Any questions? Anyone wish to
speak against or for any senators. Closed any objection to rolling the vote, seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Any senator was to change his or her vote. Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 34 yeah, zero nay, House Bill 1805
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House spell 1809 House for 1809 Warren and Senator McKee to allow for property owned by a trust or limited liability company to qualify as a homestead for purposes of property tax exemption for disabled veterans in certain circumstances. Senator McKee, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor. Members, this is a bill that
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came to us from our tax collectors. There's been an issue for disabled veterans with respect
to the homestead exemption on their primary residence. This basically just allows them to have that residence in an LLC or irrevocable trust and still receive that exemption. Happy to take any questions, any
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questions for Senator McKee. Seeing no questions. Anyone wish to speak against or
for. Senator McKee is closed. Any objection rolling the boat,
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see no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the boat. OK
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We have a pair at the desk, Senator Dotson, yes, sent her flowers,
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no. Any other senator should change his or
her vote, seeing no other. Please cast up the ballot
by a vote of 34,
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1 name, House Bill 1809 passes. Please return to the house. House Bill 1817. 1817
by Represent Johnson, Senator Board to establish Elijah law in Arkansas and require the Department of Health and the Department
of Education to establish a statewide policy for childcare facilities. Senator Boyd recognized. Thank you, Madam President. In
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2017, 3 year old Elijah Silvera tragically passed away after being fed a grilled cheese sandwich at his daycare facility in New York State. Elijah suffered a dairy allergy and a state care failure to follow emergency anaphylaxis protocols. This bill simply tasked the Department of Health and
Department of Education with forming an anaphylaxis policy for childcare centers in the state. We already have this for public schools. This is just expanding it to uh daycare. So there's no fiscal impact and literally the bill just says the childcare may seek help from the departments when applying for federal funding to supply epinephrine. Any questions? Anyone
would speak against or for Senators closed,
any objection to rolling the boat, seeing no objection.
Please roll the boat. And he sends to change his or her vote, Dotson present. Payton present. Any other
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senator. Seeing no other Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 32, 0, nay, to present. House Bill 1817 passes. Please return to the house. Senators. We are going to
Take a recess in order to address administrative matters. Senate
will stand in recess for 10 or so minutes.
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OK, the Senate is back in session from a recess. Do you want to read
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across the desk? Will your Committee on State agencies who was referred House Bill 1974 by Long and Senator McKee recommend DuP
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pass. Thank you, Madam Secretary. Next, uh, bill we're gonna do is, uh, House Bill 181826 by
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Senator Wallace. As for 1826 by center Wallace and Representative Bentley to mandate coverage for delivery of a newborn in a licensed birthing center. Senator Wallace, you're
recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Remembers, this is a
good bill. Uh, it's gonna help our expecting mothers and our, our newborns. This bill requires insurance companies to pay for delivery. In licensed birthing centers as if In the hospital. Arkansas is one of the few states without birthing centers. And 50 of our counties do not have any labor and delivery maternity wards.
Hospital Association is uh not against it. I've no no one that is opposed to this. Um Members, it's a good bill that's going to help our young folks, and
with that, I stand by for your questions. Anyone have any questions of Senator Wallace? Anyone want to speak against the
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bill? Anyone wants to speak for the bill? You closed
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Senator Wallace. I am close, sir. OK. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. anyone will change their votes,
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Senator Dotson is present. Senator Payton is present. Senator McKee is no. Anyone else. Anyone
else? OK, cast up the ballot.
OK, by a vote of 31 days, 1 nay, 2 present, 1 on
leave. House Bill 1826 passes. Please
return to the house. Next one's gonna be 8 House Bill 1833 by Senator Davis.
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Haville 1833 that Senator Davis and Representative Shepard to amend the law concerning the admissions at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine.
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Senator Davis, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. This is a bill that's just clarifying the admission parameters
for UAMS. We're moving away from a percentage allocation to a number allocation on in congressional districts, and this matters because part of the accreditation standards for UAMS
is to have people actually graduating. So we put a number 20, a number of 25 per each congressional district. And if students, if they don't have that many students in that district qualify, meet the standards to be admitted. Then it will go to other congressional districts with a focus on putting Arkansans first, and then after that, if they're taking out of state residence, it'll be people that they believe most likely to stay in the state once they graduate from medical school. I'm happy to take any questions.
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OK, any questions for Senator Davis? Uh, Senator Irvin, you're recognized. Do you
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think this is a good compromise of where we've been from in the past. Absolutely. Thank you. Any other questions of
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Senator Davis? OK, anyone want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it.
You close, Senator Davis. Senator Davis is closed. Any objection rolling the vote. OK, please cast,
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please roll the vote. We have a pair at the death, Senator Davis, yes, Senator Flowers, no.
OK, anyone want to change your vote? Senator Gilmore is no. Anyone else? Anyone else? Please
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cast up the ballot. By a vote of 33 y, 2 nays. House Bill 1833 is passed. Please return to the
house. The next one is going to be House Bill 1850 by Senator Ervin. Hasville 1850
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by Senator Irving and Senator Johnson, to in the law concerning ground
ambulance services to clarify the minimum allowable reimbursement for ground ambulance services and declare an emergency, ma'am, you
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recognize Senator Irvin. Thank you. House Bill 1850, uh, is, is being run to correct a code revision error that was created when we passed these bills last session, um, dealing with in-network. work in out of network reimbursement rates for ambulance providers, um, this removes a reference to workers' comp rates and sets the minimum
reimbursement rate at 325% of the Medicare rule rate. This was a rate that's been negotiated with the primary insurance providers in
the state. Happy to take any questions. Any questions of Senator Irvin. Anyone want to speak against it? Anyone want to
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speak for it, you close, Senator Irvin, bless you. Yes, I'm closed.
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The objection to rolling the vote. Please roll the vote.
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You want to change your boat, send her Dotson as a no.
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Senator McKee is a no. Senator King is non-voting. Senator Bryan is present. Senator Payton is no. Senator Penzo is present. Anyone else Senator Alan Clark is no. Anyone else? OK, please cast
up the ballot. By a vote of 27 ya, 4 nays, 1 non-voting, 2 present, 1 on leave. House Bill 1850.
His past along with its corresponding emergency clause. Uh, please return to
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the house. House Bill 1855 by Senator Hammer. How spelled
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1855 by Senator Hammering, Representative in it, to amend the
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laws concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Forestry Commission and to amend the laws relating to fire protection district boundaries. Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you.
This bill is permissive, you know, it's on page 1 line 35 for making
adjustments with regards to the boundaries of fire protection districts. There are some areas that are not covered in a municipal. you may have to go over into a unclaimed area, and this bill structures the process for which that can be done. This is an agreed upon bill, and there was no opposition to the bill, and I'll be glad to take any questions. Any questions of Senator Hammer? Anyone want to speak against it, for
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it. You close. Appreciate a good vote. Any objection to rolling the vote?
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Please roll the vote, OK. Any member who want to change their vote. Senator King is non-voting. Senator Payton is present. Anyone else Senator Sullivan is present. Anyone else?
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Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 31, 0 nay, 1 non-voting, 2 present, 1 on leave. House Bill 1855 is passed. Please return
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to the house. Senator Ervin, you're up next for House
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Bill 1863. 1863 by Senator Irving and Representative Johnson to amend the Transportation Benefit Manager Act and declare
an emergency. Senator Irvin, you're recognized.
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Thank you, Mr. President. House Bill 1863, uh, was requested by the Arkansas. Insurance department, what it states is that the Arkansas Ambulance Association, they're going to be the ones responsible for collecting the rates that are approved or contracted for between an ambulance provider and any local government entity as provided under current state law. Um, this information is
required of the section, and it shall be submitted annually to the commissioner.
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OK, any questions for Senator Ervin? Senator Payton, you're
recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. So just flying through these yesterday trying to see what they said. It seemed nearly similar to pharmacy benefit managers if we're gonna have a middle man that's a manager on an insurance benefit. This is transportation. But I mean Can you explain the difference? I mean, we're gonna have
somebody in the middle that's negotiating their no, they're just collecting
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the, they're just gathering the data and
the collecting of the rights and reporting the information back to the insurance commissioner. They're not a middle man negotiating
rates. No, that, that's between the ambulance
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entity and the city or the county. OK, thank you. Yeah, and on the previous bill. Uh, that only applied um if
there was not a right schedule that's been set and negotiated by contract already by an ambulance provider in the city or county. So again, this bill is just collecting the information and transmitting it to the insurance commissioner. Any other questions Senator Ervin? Anyone want to speak
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for it, against it, Senator Irvin is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. OK, anyone won't change their vote. OK, Senator Dodson is
present. Senator McKee. is present Senator Penzo is
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present. Senator Bryant is present. Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else Senator Alan Clark
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is present. Anyone else? OK, please cast up the ballot. By a vote of 28 yeah, zero nays, 1 non-voting, 5 present.
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House Bill 1863 is passed. Along with its corresponding emergency
clauses, please return to the house. Next is House Bill 1869 by Senator Irvin. Asville 1869 by
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sent to Irving and Representative Johnson to create them maternal outcomes management system within the Department of Health and to organize maternal
health resources. You recognize Senator Ervin. Thank you, members of the
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Senate right now we only have uh 35 labor and delivery
units in the state of Arkansas. And so what this bill does is it creates, there's no funding attached to this bill, so it's zero fiscal impact, but what it would do is, um, allow for um the Department of Health to create a comprehensive and maternal outcomes management system. What this would do is track alongside with the trauma system that we have, the trauma system has been very good at um
minimizing the time between injury and then triaging that patient to the best location of where the specialist or the hospital is that can take care of that problem as soon as possible, and we all know when it comes to especially to heart. attacks and strokes that time is of the essence. And so what this would do is basically create a a system where we could track, track our, uh, labor and delivery units in our hospitals and then make sure that we can keep them stabilized and in
place, but be very focused on um those labor and delivery units and especially those small hospitals. So it's a
good bill and I appreciate all the work that's been done on this, so I'm happy. to answer any questions, any questions to Senator
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Irvin on this bill. Senator Patton, you're recognized. Thank you, and I appreciate you said no
fiscal impact, no funding, but it does set up
a grant program. Can you explain who's gonna manage that grant and where that money is gonna come from. So be very similar to
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the trauma system, and again, if there were any, if
there are funds that are designated for this, and that's where that would come from. At this time, there is no um it just sets up the program. Uh, we don't have any funding for this at this time. It just sets it up. So at that time, if it were funded, then that would come. through an appropriation
bill for those grants, but you do foresee it then as being taxpayer
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money and exactly like we do with our trauma system, our trauma system would designate like our rural hospitals are considered
critical access hospitals because of where they're located, and the same would be true for our labor and delivery, looking at the state of Arkansas to see what our options are for those women, so that, you know, they're not having to travel 6 or 7 hours to deliver. babies, so it's really trying to stabilize the healthcare infrastructure that we have in place and through a designation and then for them to meet that criteria and help the ones that we really need to help. That's what the trauma system is designed to do too. It's not just to make sure you have a good call system in place, but
it's all to designate, um, our healthcare infrastructure and our hospitals and keep them, keep them stabilized as as we can keep
them stabilized. So I would just argue it's, it's, it's critically important. for maternal outcomes if women can deliver their babies closer to home, but not critical enough to demand funding. Well, I'd love that. I mean,
I would love to do that. Yes, I would
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love that, but we just have not been able to identify the funding yet. OK, thank you, any other questions on this bill?
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Anyone want to speak against it? Anyone will speak for it, you close, send her over. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please
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roll the vote. Anyone want to change their vote? Senator Payton is no. Senator King is non-voting. Senator McKee is present. Anyone else? Senator Dodson is present. Last time anyone else
OK, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 30 days, one day, one non-voting, 2 present. House Bill 1869 is passed, please return
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to the house. Next is going to be House Bill
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1870 by Senator McKee. Has 1870 by Senator McKen Representative Wa concerning voter registration list and to allow the Secretary of State to provide a
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voter registration list to federal courts. You're recognized Senator McKee. Thank
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you, Mr. President. Members, this is simply a bill that allows The sharing of information
between federal courts and our Secretary of State's office, federal courts get their juror pool lists from our voter rolls, and if they kick somebody out of that list because they're either no longer living or don't live where they sit or they are a felon, it would be nice if we had that information so we could also remove them from the voter rolls, so I'd be happy to take any questions, any questions to Senator
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McKee on this one. Gay. Anyone want to speak against
it? Anyone will speak for it. You close. Senator McKee
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is closed. Any objection roll than to vote, please roll the vote. The
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desk. Senator Dodson, yes, Center flowers, no. OK. Anyone want to change their vote, Senator Tucker is no anyone else? Anyone else want to change their vote. Senator Leding is no. Senator love is no. Anyone else? All right, Senator King is
non-voting. Last time anyone Senator Murdoch is present or non-voting, non-voting. I said last time, last time again, anyone else? OK. Please cast up the ballot. OK,
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with 29 ye, 4 nays, 2 non-voting. House Bill 1870 has passed. Please return to the house. Next one's going
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to be House Bill 1875
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by Senators 1875, Senator Crowe and Representative Tosh to amend the law concerning the use of an ignition interlocked device and to provide for the extension of the mandatory period for the use of an ignition interlocked device. Senator Crow, you're Thank
you, Senator. Right now, if you get a DWI in Arkansas, you with a restricted license, you have an interlocked device to start your vehicle. It's
for 180 days and it's removed afterwards. We've had problems with compliance, so there is a,
this is to change it. So in the last 60 days, if you blow and you register, then it is extended by 60 days. This is for a behavioral change, and this is agreed to by uh Sheriff's chief
police. judges, prosecutors, we worked with DFNA and the driver's control on this legislation. Any questions of Senator Crowe, Senator Payton,
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you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. So who pays for these
devices when they go on the vehicle, the offender,
so when we require that the device be capable of capturing and storing the results of each test and then also be capable of capturing and storing a digital image of the person that's, that's new from the devices that we're currently using. Yeah, so we have, we have that's gonna be an increased cost. Do you know how much that it actually hasn't changed. It's still 350 a day,
and that is not expected to change. I appreciate that. That was my question. Thank you. Yes,
sir. Any other questions in regards to this bill and we might want to speak
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against it. Anyone want to speak for it, Senator Crow looks like he's closed.
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Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. In
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one, if you would check the board, anyone would change their
vote. Anyone won't change their vote, Senator King is non-voting. anyone else. All right, cast up the ballot.
By a vote of 33, 0, nay, 1 non-voting House Bill 1875 is passed. Please return to the house. The
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next one is going to be House Bill 1893. 1893 by Senator
Hammer and Representative Brown to authorize a private property owner or business owner to ban an emotional support animal from the private property or the business premises and to regulate liability on private property related to emotional support animals. Senator Hammer, you recognize. Thank you. There's a difference
between emotional support animal and a service animal that is ADA approved. This does not touch the ADA approved animals that are for support this applies to those that are not registered and simply what it does is gives the private property owner the ability to deny access to an emotional support animal that comes with someone into their business, such as into a restaurant, uh, they have to post. To sign and the owner will not
be held liable for injury to a customer or visitor by an emotional support animal except in the case
of gross negligence, and I'll be glad to answer
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any questions. Any cinder hammer? Anyone want to speak against the bill. Anyone wants to speak for the bill? Closed. Thank you hammer is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote. Please roll the vote. Anyone want to
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change their vote. Senator Clark Tucker is no. Anyone else?
Anyone else OK, please cast up the ballot with a vote of 33, 33 y is 1 nay. House Bill 1893 is passed. Excuse
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me, uh, please return to the house. Next one is gonna to be House Bill 1895 by
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Senator Tucker. 1895 by Senator Tucker and representative Dalby to allow corporation or voluntary association to employ in-house attorneys to represent affiliates of the corporation or
voluntary association. Senator Tucker, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Members under current law,
if you have multiple corporate entities, then a different lawyer has to represent each corporate entity what this bill says is that if two corporate entities are affiliated through common ownership or control subsidiary, parent or sibling organization than the same lawyer again, basically you have two corporate entities with
the same ownership, one lawyer can represent both of those corporate entities. Any questions for Senator Tucker, Senator Blake Johnson,
you're recognized. Is this a good lawyer support bill? Well, Senator Sullivan asked me a question
about this earlier. Who could be hurt by this bill and the honest answer is lawyers in private practice because they, they may, they may
lose a client or two through this. So that's, that's the truthful answer, Senator Johnson. Thank you.
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Any other questions? Anyone want to speak against it, for it, you closed. Senator
Tucker is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Anyone want to change their vote? Look at the screen,
please. Anyone want to change their vote? OK, please cast up the ballot. The ballot with 34
yeah zero nays, House Bill 1895 is passed. Please return to the house. The next one is going to be House Bill 1898 by Senator
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Crow. House 1898 by Senator Crow representative painter, to create the regulatory division
and the regulatory enforcement division and Department of Finance Administration and to
allow personnel of the reenforcement division to be designated as
agents. Senator Crow, you recognize, sir. Uh, thank
you, Senator. House Bill 1898. What this does is establishes regulatory division in the in the agency within DFNA. It combines the ABC enforcement, and the ATC enforcement in the same division they've been working together since 2020. This does not create
any new uh expenses or any new jobs. Anyone have any questions to
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Senator Crow. Anyone wants to speak against it? Anyone wants to speak for it, Senator Crow is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, Please roll the vote. Everybody look at
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the screen, please send it, do you want to change your vote, Senator Dodson is a no. Senator King is non-voting. I'm sorry, Senator King. Senator King is non-voting, I mean, is no. Senator Bryant, did you show me
something, Senator Bryant is present. Senator McKee is no. Senator Penzo is no. Senator Payton is present. All right, Senator Clark. is no Anyone else. Anyone else
OK, please cast up the ballot. With a vote of 27 years, 5 nay, 2 present, House Bill 1898
passes. Please return to the house. The next one is House Bill 1901, Senator Crow. Haville
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1901 by Senator Crowl and Representative Milligan, to amend the law concerning passport fees collected by county passport acceptance facilities. Senator Crow, you're recognized. Thank you, Senator.
Colleagues, the federal government sets a fee that can be collected by the passport, acceptance facility, all
the, all this bill does is allow the
county offices that act as the passport acceptance facility, typically the county clerk's office to keep the fees and their their general fund. Any questions of Senator Crow? Anyone want to
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speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it? Senator Crow is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Anyone want change
their vote. Everybody looked at the screen. Senator dots in his note. Anyone else
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Anyone else, Senator King is non-voting. All right,
please cast up the ballot with 32 days, 1 nay, one non-voting House Bill
1901 is passed. Please return to the house. Next is going to be House Bill 1902
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by Senator Crowe. Housesville, 1902 by Central Cro represented Milligan, to amend the law concerning a
certificate of marriage and bond and to amend the law concerning a lost, burned, or destroyed certificate of marriage. Senator Crow, you
recognize at HB thank you Senator. HB 1902 creates a process for a couple surviving spouse
or heir to get a replacement marriage license if their license was destroyed or lost before they could turn to the Kilowy clerks rather than the $100 bond, this actually only calls costs for a
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$10 replacement fee. Any questions to Senator Crow? You want to speak
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against the bill. Anyone speak for the bill. Senator Crow appears like he's closed.
Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Any member wish to change their vote. Anyone want to change your vote. Please cast up the ballot with 34, 0, nay, House Bill 1902 is passed. Please return to the house. Nex is
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House Bill 1921. Has 1921 by Senator Ds and Representative Torres to amend the law of the child welfare
agency licensing Act and to amend the training and certificate certification process for foster parents and the streamline the process of training and certifying relatives as foster parents. Senator Deser recognized.
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Thank you, Mr. President. Members, this bill
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is, I, I think it's really great. It really helps our foster care parents to make it easier to become foster care parents, especially for relatives in these cases to to help take care of these children. Um and it does that by capping the
training requirements. We have some of the largest required training hours in our area, and so this would would lower the, the amount of total hours. It doesn't change the curriculum or the actual training, it just lowers the total number of hours. It actually makes it. better than the states that are that are around us and really the overall intent is that the bill's meant to remove barriers, especially for relatives, like I said, um, and for other foster care, uh, foster parents, helping children get placed in homes faster.
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OK, any questions of uh Senator, Senator Love, you're recognized. Thank you. uh, Senator Dees, what, what is the
Senator Tyler Dees
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hours cap to? Sure. So today, initial training hours are at 30 hours to current state, this would, would reduce it to 15 hours and as a comparison to other states, Oklahoma's 14, Louisiana is too. Mississippi is 1, so it's still higher than some of the other states, but it reduces it from 30 to 15 hours.
Senator Fredrick J. Love
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For foster foster care, um, in, in the, in the agency, this was the agency deal. Yes, so with the DC, let me get it
Senator Tyler Dees
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right here, DCFS. They're currently working on trying to make these changes
through rules, but this would help clarify and make it easier for them. OK, thank you. Any other questions? Any other questions? Anyone will speak against
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the bill? Senator Love, you're recognized to speak against the bill.
Senator Fredrick J. Love
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You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members, I really don't want to speak against the deal, but 2 years ago I worked with DHS and we were, we always talked about the training hours, the requirement for the training hours and um when you go on to foster care and we, um, you go to foster care training, there's a lot of information that you that you have to cover in order to ensure that your placement is correct. I think that 30 hours is more than sufficientness, not too much, it's just two weekends. I
actually, I did the training myself, uh, and you get condensing in the two weekends in order to ensure that you are really the best fit for the for the child and the child is the best fit for you once they enter your home and so I think this is kind of a step in the wrong direction. I, I do support the fact that we want to get more uh families in the pipeline. of of for our foster care, but I think this is just a kind of the wrong step. I'll be voting no for this bill.
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Thank you. OK, Senator Love has spoken against the bill. Anyone want to speak for it? OK. All right, you want to close? You're recognized
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close Senator Des, Mr. Chair, appreciate your heart and your direction on that center of love. Uh, I do want to reiterate that nothing is changing on the training. It's just making it streamlined and faster and, and I, I believe the 15 hours is more than adequate and in fact if you look at again of our region, it's it's very similar to what's going on, and we don't want to put any
burdensome activity to stop anything from from allowing us to get these kids and in loving homes and with that, I'd appreciate
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a good vote. OK. Senator Des is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. We, we
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have a pair at the desk, Senator, yes, and for flowers, no. any members wish to
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change their votes and their love will be no right center love. Anyone else? Anyone else want to change their vote.
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please cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 yes, 2 nays, House Bill 1921 is passed. Please
return to the house. Next one members on top of page 6 is House Bill
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1922 by Senator Dismay. 1922 by Senator Dimay and Representative Matts to amend the consolidated incentive Act of 2003 to create an income tax credit for relocating corporate headquarters to this state and to encourage incorporations to relocate to Arkansas. Senator Dismay, you
recognize, sir. Thank you, Senator Members, this, this does create a credit. It's equal to
50% of the payroll for the qu al ify ing employees of a business that relocates its headquarters to Arkansas. It's a tiered approach to the four tier system to 4 different tiers of counties. Also, it cannot be sold, it has to be used by that entity so it can't be transferred, um, and it does eventually expire at the end of 10 years if they're
unused. Any questions of Senator dismaying. Senator Payton, you're recognized.
Thank you. You said up to 50% of their payroll, is
that correct? That's correct. We we used as a credit. It can only be used by that company and they got 10 years to
try to use it, but it can be used for income and sales tax, correct, yeah. And who decides whether or not they get
this credit economic development does. It'll be there'll be a cost benefit analysis done. It's subject to clawbacks. So in fact in
the bill, it says the director. So we got, we're putting the power in, into one man's hand. To give them up to 50% of their
payroll, which is the state providing 50% of their payroll. They get to elect whether it's sales tax or income tax, and we just denied 135 members the opportunity to weigh in and vote on several bills that had tax cuts. But we're going to put all this power in one man's hand. I mean, I think that's how it works with most of these
as it stands right now. I mean, all that information is going to be gone through and vetted by AEDC, but obviously one person does have to make a decision.
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OK, thank you. Any other questions the senator dismaying Senator King, you're recognized. So is there any specific example of somebody that
they're fishing or got in mind or interested or anything. It's just trying to open the door to see that there's nobody in mind that they know that X, Y,
not that it's been brought to my attention now, OK. Any
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other questions? Anyone want to speak against the bill. case, Senator Peyton. Thank you, Mr. President, colleagues.
We don't trust each other to vote on these, uh, tax cuts, but we're gonna trust. The economic development director to make these decisions. He's going to be a very important person because as a, as an outside entity coming to the state of Arkansas. Relocating my, my headquarters, corporate headquarters, that's the highest paid individuals in a corporation. And this is corporate headquarters involves
the upper echelon of the employment for that corporation. And we're gonna give them a tax credit equal to half their payroll. Now if it was just income tax, arguably until they make a profit, it didn't matter. But it's sales tax. So I urge you to vote against this. Thank you, Senator spoken
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against the bill. Anyone want to speak for it? Senator dismaying, you want to close, then dismaying his clothes. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll
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the vote. We have a pair at the desk and this mine,
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yes, and her flowers, no. OK. Everybody looked the board.one will change their vote. Senator King is non-voting. Senator Payton is no. Senator Stubblefield is no. Senator Sullivan is no. Senator English is no. Senator King is now no. Anyone else on this side over here. Sender Penzo is a no.
OK, over on the right, I've got Senator Love as a no. I got Senator Dotson as a no. Senator Bryant, as a no. Senator Mark Johnson is a no. Senator Alan Clark is a no. Senator
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Flippo is a no. Anyone else? Check the board one more time. Anybody else?
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OK, cast up the ballot. OK Um So with 22 years, 13 days, House Bill 1922 is passed. Please, please return
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to the house. OK, next is going to be House Bill 1923 by
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Senator Hester. That 1923 by Senator Hester and Representing Maddox
to in the Arkansas Tourism Development Act and to amend the law concerning natural state initiative opportunity designs. Senator Hester, you recognize, sir.
Thank you, Senator. Members, we passed, we passed a law in 2021 about
the Arkansas Tourism Development Act created incentives for people that want to invest in outdoor tourism uh in and around our state parks, uh, within 1/8 of a mile of a state park, uh, over two years of that, no. made application for those incentives because the thresholds were just too high, so this bill lower those thresholds in these underemployed areas in and around our state parks, you know, the, the goal here is to continue to incentivize people,
hopefully to incentivize people to uh invest in our state parks and outdoor tourism. Any questions of
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Senator Hester, Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized, sir. Thank
you, Mr. President. Senator Hester, let me give you a hypothetical, OK? Uh, Pinnacle Mountain State Park is in my district. So with this basically create a radius of 1 mile around the park where someone could put a, I don't know, I'm thinking first thing hit my mind was
convenience store, but, but some kind of service or retail industry and that radius would be 1 mile. Is that correct? Uh, that is correct. And, and, and it would have to promote tourism in the state of Arkansas. So if
you, if in, and clearly, uh that's one of the four parks that this takes care of, you know, Pinnacle Mountain Park, Queen Willemila, um, but if they're, if they are promoting tourism for the state of Arkansas, they'd be eligible within that mile. Not any business within those mile, but
a business that is promoting tourism at that park.
OK, so, well, I think of promoting uh let's say, and that we don't have that,
but let's say someone wanted to have a, a canoe rental. Would that be promoting tourism, I believe it would, and I believe a restaurant,
you know, feeding people that are out there enjoying our state parks would would be uh, yeah, but that, you know, those, you know, there's a definition in here, but um that's what it would be, anything that's helping, um, support and uh our our state parks and outdoor
tourism amenities for tourism. OK. Thank you, Senator. Thank you, Mr. President. Other questions the Senator Hester. But Senator
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King, do you have a question? Hang on, let me call you back. OK. Senator King,
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you're recognized. So were any of the local only one I guess any of the Senator King, hold on,
your mic is not on. Let's, let's start over. Now you're the local folks consulted on this like in
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Theresa May's. Yes. Any other questions? Anyone want to speak against this.
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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Anyone want to speak for it, Senator Hester is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Members, please check the board and tell me if
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you want to change your vote. I will change their vote. OK, cast up
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the ballot with 34, 0, nay, House Bill 1923 is passed. Please return to the
house. Next one is House Bill 1928 by Senator Crow. Haville
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1928 by Senator Crowl and Representative Brown to amend the Arkansas soil nutrient application and poultry litter utilization Act. Senator Crow, you're recognized. Thank you, Senator.
Colleagues, this is a bill to protect farmers who apply
their poultry litter as long as
they follow the state approved nutrient management plan. This comes because there's been frivolous lawsuits against some farmers, and this is to protect them as long as they are
following the state-mandated nutrient plan. Questions of
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Senator Crow. Any questions, Senator Crow? Anyone want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for
it? Any objection to rolling the vote, Please roll the vote. Members check the board and tell me if you want
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to change your vote. Send her D's is a Non-voting. Anyone else? Anyone else want to change their vote, please cast up the ballot.
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With a vote of 33A 0 and nays 1
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non-voting House Bill 1928 is passed. Please return to the house. Next one's going to be House Bill 1929
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by Senator Dodson. How about 1929 by Senator Dotson to create the the recognizing jita and Samaritan Act and to prohibit state agencies from using the term West Bank in official government materials. Senator Dodson, you're recognized, sir. Thank
you, Mr. President, members House Bill 1929 does one simple
thing. It basically instructs our state agencies and anyone in the state of Arkansas for official government material to refer To the land in Israel as Judea and Samaria, the land north of Jerusalem being um Considered Sumeria in the
land south of Jerusalem being considered Judea. That's what it does. Any
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questions or answering questions. I believe Senator Sullivan.
Senator Sullivan, you're recognized. Thank you,
Mr. Chair. How many times has West Bank in our documents
now? I couldn't even begin to tell you, and this has a very clear definition of what that is. What if that changes? What if in negotiations,
the Feds change those definitions or change those restrictions. What happens in this bill we're bound by law that's no longer applicable federally. Well,
we would continue to recognize it in our state documents until we would change
this law, so we would, OK, so we're bound by it until
we change it. In the future, something happens where it changed and I don't think the reason for this legislation is basically to refer to the area of that region of the world more at it in its historical context, so I don't know that Judea and Samaria historically are going to change ever. That's part of the historical area. So we're referring to it by its accurate historical name in that part of
the Arkansas to get involved in these kinds of debates. That's, that's necessary now. Well, I guess you said yes I would say,
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yeah, this, I support this bill, yes. Any other, any other questions
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to Senator Dodson. Appreciate you, you want to take another one or are you out of the well? You want to take another one? Senator Mark Johnson is recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. You know, when you're in New Orleans,
Senator Dobson, they talk about West Bank. It mean West Bank of the Mississippi. So with this might help in confusion if you no one used the term. We, we're because that too often we've heard the term occupied West Bank like it was somebody else's country and not part of Israel, so this would kind of clarify that, wouldn't it? Yeah, it has a tendency to be more
of a politically charged term, West Bank, this is referring
more. to it the land, the area that
the land masses that are there in more of their historical terms for a long,
long history, yes, thousands of years. Thank you. Anyone want to
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speak against the bill. Anyone want to speak for the
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bill? Senator Dodson is closed. Any objection
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to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Alright, members check the board and tell
me if you want to change your vote. I've got Senator Sullivan as a
no. I got Siner love is present. I got right over on this side, I've got Senator Scott as a no. I got Senator Clark Tucker
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as a no. I have cinder Stubblefield as a no. Got Senator Clark Tucker as a no. Oh, I'm sorry, Senator Murdoch is a no. Scier leading as
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a no, Senator Hill, as a no, Senator English
has a no. Senator Irvin as a no. Anyone else Senator Hickey as a no. Senator Flippo as a no. Anyone else? Anyone else want to change their
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vote. OK, cast up the ballot with 22, 11 days,
1 present, House Bill 1929 is passed. Please return to the house. Next one is gonna be House Bill
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1937 by Senator Caldwell, Steer Stone,
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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are you gonna run that OK, this is gonna be
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Senator Stone's uh 1937. That Senator Stone Representative Jean, to
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amend the method of evaluation for mineral rights under Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, Section 5, and to clarify, the method of value valuation for oil and gas oil production equipment. All right, members, again, this is. Bill
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1937, it'll take 27 votes. You're recognized Senator Stone.
Senator Matt Stone
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Thank you, Mr. President. Members. Um,
House Bill 1937 corrects an unintended interpretation of Act 668 of 2021, apparently among County assessors, uh, they're interpreting the law differently in different assessors or assessing um different wells at different rates, and this is just add continuity, so, so everybody will understand how well will be
assessed and paid for with that and I'm open any
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questions? Any questions of Senator Stone. OK, anyone want to speak against the bill for the bill,
Senator Matt Stone
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you close, Senator Stone. I'm closed and I'd appreciate
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a good vote. Thank you, Senator Stone is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Members check the board
and tell me if you want to change your vote. Anyone want to change their vote. OK,
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see you none. Cast up the ballot. With 34, 0, nay, House Bill 1937
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is passed. Please return to the house. The next one is House Bill Knight. I'm sorry. Senator, Senator Hector Hester is going to
be recognized for a motion. Members, I've got 2 motions, both are going to be to recall bills from the House for amendments because they haven't suspended their rules and if we want them to have a chance, we need to recall them, amend them on our floor and send them back. Uh, the first one is SB 347, that is the dentist uh Medicaid reimbursement. We know we passed out of this bill with one fiscal
impact we learned when it got to the house had a much more significant fiscal impact. The hope is that you would allow us to ask to withdraw that from the house. We amend it to a more reasonable fiscal impact so it has a chance to pass the House. Uh, so that's my ask that we uh that we asked
to um I guess, uh, withdrawal Senate Bill 347 from the House. recall recall recall. All right, members, the motion is
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to recall Senate Bill 347 from the house, all in favor say aye.
And he oppose that motion will carry you recognize
for your next one, Senator Hester members, this is since I'm down here, or House Bill 1847,
uh, that is to do with problem gambling, uh, the Senate added amendment, sent it down there. They're not gonna have any other rules meeting. So we need to call back here, remove the amendment the sponsor's OK with that, Senator Payton. So it's the same deal, House Bill 1847 asked that we recall that from the house. OK, so the, the only, the
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only thing with the motion is just a
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recall from House Bill 1847 from the house. That's correct that that we returned down there, so all in favor of recalling House Bill 1847, please say aye. And
he oppose that carries also Senator Hester. OK, at this point we're gonna be at House Bill 1938,
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Senator English's bill. Houseville 1938 by Central English and Representative Carr to amend provisions of
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the Arkansas Code concerning the creation of districts, strategic plans and the responsibility of
the division of elementary and secondary education Senator, you're
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recognized. Thank you very much. So basically what this does is many times school districts have a multiple of strategic plans, what this does is
encourages every district to have one strategic plan. Any questions Senator English? Anyone
want to speak against the bill. Anyone
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who wants to speak for the bill.
Senator English, are you closed? Senator English is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Members, please uh cast up the ballot. Excuse me, members. Please let me know if you want to change your vote. Senator King is a what is he, a non-voting Senator King's non-voting. Anyone else. Anyone else want to change their
vote? OK. Now please cast up the ballot.
With 33A, 0 nays, 1 non-voting House Bill 1938 passes. Consider dismaying you're recognized for a motion. Return to the house on 1938. Thank you.
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Members of the House just voted on the motion to consider SJR-15
with, and I think it passed with 70 votes, so that bill is ready to be considered as the 3rd constitutional amendment by motion to spin the rules to add SJR 15 to the end of page 6, is that where we're on? It's a prior to starting phase 2
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of the House bills. OK, everybody heard the motion, uh, all in favor say aye, just, well, this suspend the rules. So all, all in favor of suspending the rules say aye. Can he oppose. Senator Dismay, do you
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want to make the motion? I don't know if that was all inclusive. Do you want to make the motion now to
put it at the end of page 6. Yeah, so the motion was to add SGR to the end of HSJR 15 to the end of page 6. So before we start the second phase of House bills, right? Everybody understand that. OK, I'll if I ever say ah.
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And he oppose, OK, that also
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carries. OK, the next one we are on is House Bill
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1939, I believe. House Bill 1939 by central English and Representative Carr, Tim in the eligibility for teacher incentive and merit pay to to amend requirements for evaluations and to amend school district requirements under the merit teacher incentive or fun program. Senator English, you're recognized, ma'am.
Senator Jane English
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Thank you very much. Basically, this just lays out requirements for the uh teacher merit pay. Any questions to Senator English? Anyone
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want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it, Senator English, are you closed? It's in her
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English is closed. Any objection rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Members look at the board and let me know if you want to change your vote. Senator King is non-voting.
Anyone else, Senator Tucker is present. Anyone else? OK, Senator Scott is no. All right, anyone
else? Senator Clark Tucker is now no anyone else. Sender love
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is no. OK, cast up the ballot. With 30s, 3 nays, 1 non-voting. House Bill 1939 is passed.
Please return to the house. Next one is gonna be House Bill 1941 by Siner English.
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Houseville 1941 by Central English and Representative Carr concerning Department of Education boards and commissions and to protect Arkansas students by ensuring the efficient depositions of ethics complaints against teachers. Senator English, you're recognized. Thank you very much. Basically,
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what this does is it lays out and they process for um
complaints against teachers to make sure that we have they have their due process. OK? We have a, do you, do you want to
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take a question, Senator, Senator English? OK, Senator Sullivan, you're recognized as in English equestrian. Send her English, you want to go back to the well? Yeah, do you
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know Senator English Sent English, you want to come back to the well? If you'll come back to well so
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the microphone will get you in the Senator Sullivan, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. So at
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what point are these documents subject to FOIA. What are they? I'm sure they
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probably always I know we're not always because I've tried before, it's for the ethics complaint I don't know the answer to that and
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I assume that's kind of what this is is for the ethics with teacher complaints. Sets out the process for teacher for the ethics process. Thank you. Any other questions of
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Senator English. Anyone wanna speak against it. Anyone will speak for it?
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Senator English is closed. Any objection rolling the vote. Please roll the vote. Members, if you'll check the board and tell me if
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you want to change your vote. Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else Anyone else OK, please cast up the ballot with 33 ye, 0, nay, 1 non-voting House Bill 1941 is passed. Please return to the house and at this point, and at this point, we're gonna recognize Senator Clark Tucker because he's gonna go back and do his two resolutions that we passed
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over. The first will be SR 46, I believe. Yes, thank you, Mr.
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President Resolution 6 by Senator Tucker to recognize the Catholic high school for boys rocket golf team as a Class 6A state champions. OK, Senator
Tucker, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Members may ask for leave for the Catholic High and Mount St. Mary's state champion golf
teams to come out on the floor.
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I, yeah, just line up right along here, stand in front,
the boys stand behind you We're doing them together. Yeah. I you guys, you guys stand behind them. Hey Lane, y'all scoot up so the boys can stand
behind them. The girl serves next to them or whatever. Thank you. OK. Is that
by the. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'm, I'm gonna do this one. He's gonna do that one. I'm gonna do
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this one. OK, members, here's the thing we got both here. The first one we're gonna do is SR 46. We're gonna read it, vote on it, and then we'll go to SR 47 and we'll read that in a moment. So you're recognized Senator Tucker. Thank you, Mr. President, members, their brother
and sister schools, Catholic High and Mount Saint Mary, so that's why we have them out here together, but they both this year are state
champion golf teams and so we want to celebrate and congratulate them on that. We're starting first with the Catholic High Resolution. It's the 2nd state championship for the Rockets in the past 4 years, so an extra tip of the cap to them for that, very impressive. The members of the team are Jack Denery, Reese Johnson, Jackson Wolf, Adam Squires, Davis Crow, and Kate Keith. There were Jackson Wolf, raise your hand, Jackson. Jackson Wolf was the individual state medalist for the lowest score in the state championship, so congratulations
Jackson, sophomore Jack Duy was just 2 strokes behind him, so congratulations to Jack, both of them and Reese Johnson earned all state honors. So really a tremendous effort on all of their parts, but Allstate, especially they are student athletes, right? So they're cum GPA is a golf team, is 3.718, and I didn't know if Mr. was going to be here today, but I just want to check there's no great inflation going on with the golf program, is it? OK, so now these young men have earned those grades, so congratulations to them, but sincere congratulations on the state
championship. Members asked for a good vote.
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OK, y'all have heard the motion, all members in favor of SR 46, please indicate by saying ah. Did he oppose that motion carries, and the next
one we're going to do is going to be SR 47, I believe Senator Irvin is
gonna Present it, Senator Irvin, you are recognized to present Senate
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resolution 47 by Senators Tucker and Irving and Mark Johnson to recognize the Mount Saint Mary's Academy Bells golf team as the Class 6A state champions.
Senator Missy Irvin
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Senator Irvin, you recognized, ma'am. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the Senate, I am a proud alumni of Mount Saint Mary Academy, uh, have one of my classmates here, Lane is with me. Um, we graduated the same year and Mr. Streisley and I were also in high school. together, because I was a cheerleader for Catholic High, so uh brother sister school, so it's exciting to have them here, and the Mount Saint Mary Academy bells golf team won the class 6A girls state championship held
uh at Conway Country Club. It was their 2nd back to back state golf championship win in Mount Saint Mary Academy history, and the bells beat runners up, the Rogers High School Lady Mounties by 2 strokes. members Bella Kate, Craig Lowe, Maria Isa, Chloe Freeville, Amelia Green, Annabelle Gutirez, Lily York, and the team manager is Maddie Hernandez and team members Lily York and Chloe Freevil were named the Most
Valuable players and all conference players as they came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the state championship, helping to clinch a team score low enough to win the championship. And whereas Annabelle Gutierrez tied for 9th individually in the state championship. It's hard to do.
Congratulations. Um, they have really received a bunch of accolades, but obviously they have great leadership, great coaching, great administration, and it's a great school and I'm proud to be a part of it too,
and I'm proud of these young men and women for what they have achieved in these golf championships. So with that, I would
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OK, you all the He motion, all the, all in favor of the passage of SR 47, please indicate by saying ah. oppose. That's also passed. Thank you.
Yeah. You want to leave them out All right. We appreciate having you all here. Thank you. OK, Senator Davis, if you'll be making your way down, you'll be the next one to present. At least. You. I I
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all so he Senator Alan Clark, you're gonna be up next. All I hear you. What OK, members, at this moment,
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we're going to do is pass over House Bill 1943 and House Bill 1954. We're gonna go back and pick those up. So right now we're gonna do House Bill 1964 by Senator
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Alan Clarkville, 1964 by Senator Clark and Representative Brooks to move the child welfare ombudsman division and the juvenile ombudsman division
to the Department of Inspector General and declare an emergency. Senator Clark, you reckon that, sir? Thank you, Mr. Chair. The uh
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Bill is real simple. It just moves the child welfare ombudsman, which we created up, carried that bill with your help, and the juvenile ombudsman, uh, To the Inspector General that spot did not exist when those positions were created, and everyone is agreed on the bill. I'd be happy to take any questions, any questions of Senator Clark. Anyone want to
speak against it? Anyone wanna speak for it.
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Senator Clark is closed. It appears like Any objection to rolling the vote, Please roll the vote. Members, if you'd check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote. Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else? Anyone else? Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 08 0 nays, 1 non-voting. House Bill 1964 and
its corresponding emergency clause is passed. Please return to the house.
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Cinder hammer, you're gonna be recognized for House Bill 1965. Houseville 1965
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by Senator Hammer to create the Arkansas Healthy Food Retail Act of 2025 and to provide
financial incentives for healthy food retailers and underserved communities. Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you. There's a handout on your
desk that was distributed earlier that summarizes the bill and the intent of the bill. This will be overseen by AEDC. However, I do want to also point out that when
it's all said and done at the end of the day, there will be a rulemaking process and also that there will be A report that will be given annually to ALC or to joint budget, and because it will have rules applied to it, we as legislators will be able to maintain control over this program and this program strictly exists if funding is provided, it is made available through grants in order to provide healthy foods to our desert areas where food is scarce. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Any questions of
Senator Hammer, Senator Payton, you'll recognize, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. So does this actually provide food or is it just like subsidies to a business that decides
to Market certain types of food, it would actually provide food into areas that are recognized as food deserts, specifically with emphasis on healthy foods, you know, such as fruits, vegetables, and other things, and it is outlined in the bill as far as what the funding could be used for once the rules are established. Notice also that restaurants would not be
available for this. This would be for either fixed structures or to expand, and one of the ideas that was promoted like a mobile. fruit market where they could go into areas where there may not be a grocery store and be able to make it available to the residents of that area. That's just kind of an illustration of how, but it would actually be food that would, you know, have to be attached to it for the, you know, to provide, yeah, I mean just for
my own decision on how I'm gonna vote here. Are we talking about providing
food or just access to food because we're going provide incentives to business to provide the food or it would be, I'm sorry, it would be
for actually providing food, of course, there would be incentives for industry to go into those areas, and there
is a list of things that, you know, it could be used for, but yes, delivery of food, not just brick and mortar, for example. OK, thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions of Senator Hammer? Anyone want to speak against
the bill. Anyone want to speak for the
bill, Senator Hammer, do you want to close? I do. And the one thing I want to
emphasize, this is structured around available grants, OK, so if the grants aren't there, it doesn't happen, but if grants are there, this provides a structure for it to happen with accountability ultimately remember report back to ALC or to budget, but also rulemaking
process means that it's going to have to come back before ALC, so we will be able to stay involved in the process and we're not relinquishing control. Thank you. Yes, sir. OK, Senator
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Hammer is closed. Is there any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Members check the board and see if you want to change your vote. I got Senator McKee as a no. I got Senator Bryant as a no. I got Senator Deess as a no. I got Senator Dodson
as a president. Senator Clark, you didn't say anything, did you? Senator Clark said, no, I apologize. Sender Penzo is no.
Senator Payton is no Senator Flippo is no. Senator Rice is present. Senator Hill is no.
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Senator Stubblefield is no anyone else. Everybody checking the
board, check the board when the last time. Anything else? OK, please cast up the ballot. With the 22 years, 10 nays, 2 present. House Bill 1965 is
passed. Please return to the house. OK, at
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this time, members we're gonna back up, we're gonna go back to House Bill 1954 by Senator
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Irvin. 1954 by Senator Irving and Representative Andrews to create the Arkansas Behavior Analyst Registration Act and to include qualified behavior analysts under the
Arkansas Behavior Analysts Registration Act, Senator Irving. recognize Correct. Thank you, Mr. President. What
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this bill does is that it it it ensures
that those behavior analysts that are certified by this other group, behavior analysts certification Board, Incorporated are also able to be recognized in licensed um in the state as behavior analysts. So, uh, at the time when we were discussing this, we decided collectively instead of attaching them to that prior bill, we would run a second bill to accommodate that level of certification. So it's all agreed to. Thank you. Any questions of Senator Ervin, Senator Sullivan, you're recognized.
So tell me how the two bills different, please. So all this does is that it includes this one other national certification board, so there's 2 of them. So this includes them now. So anybody that's
certified under this way or this board can now be recognized by the state of Arkansas,
so we're not giving the national association anymore authority in this bill. OK. Thank you. Any other questionsen Irvin? Anyone else to
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speak against it. Anyone want to speak for it.
Senator Irvin is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote. Please roll the vote. Members, please look at the board and tell me if you want to change your vote. I got Senator McKee as present. I got Senator Bryant as president. Anyone else? Senator Dodson is present. Anyone else? Everybody checked the board one last time. OK, please cast up the ballot with 31, 0, nay, 3 present House Bill 1954 is passed. Please return to the house and at this point we're going to recognize
Senator Dimay for SJR 15. That was a
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motion you all made, Senator dismay, you'll
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be recognized. Senator Johnt Resolution 15
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attempt to dismay and represented Beatty. Constitutional amendment concerning economic development in the state of Arkansas and authorizing the General Assembly to provide for the creation of economic development districts to promote economic development. Dimay, you're recognized to present.
Thank you, uh, members, we've had pretty broad discussion about this constitutional
amendment, um, again, I just want to repeat, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, every one of our surrounding states has this vehicle in place and in fact, if you were to go from here to Dallas and pull over anywhere on the interstate, you're going to go through the communities that are completely utilizing this to transform their downtowns and improve the quality of lives for their citizens. Oklahoma is also being very successful in utilizing these. programs. One thing that I'd like to say is this has no impact on general revenue. This
is not a risk for the state of Arkansas. We're simply allowing cities and counties to make decisions about economic interests just like we do in the legislature for the state of Arkansas uh back home, I think we should trust them to do that, and it does allow a couple of things. One thing it's gonna do is actually allow them to abate taxes. Right now they don't have the authority to do that, but whoever the tax authority is will set up what is called an economic development district. That economic District is going to be created by either the quorum Court or the city council or both, depending on what the taxation
is, it'd be looking to utilize uh and in the parameters of that are going to be provided for in the bylaws of that economic development district. Essentially we're letting those localities create the parameters all the way from what is going to be exempt or what can be collected and bonded or uh the limit of how long the economic development district may exist with that, I'd be happy to take any questions. Any questions? In dismaying. Anyone else speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it?
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Senator dismaying is closed. Uh, any objection to rolling the vote? Senator
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Dodson objects, so please call the row. Oh no, is there, I think there's a pair at the desk or is there not? I
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it's hidden. There is a pair at the desk, Senator, dismay yes and flowers, no.
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I get it up. Now Now that's No, I'm, uh. That was a different
one. I sent her flowers, yes, sent
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her dots and not. now. All the road. Bo Bront Caldwell. Caldwell Clark Clark.
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Days. Demay. Dotson That dot and snow, English. Flappo. Flowers, yes,
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Gilmore, Hammer, Hester. He Hecky Hill. Hell, Irvin.
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flatting, love. McKee Murdoch. Payton Pennzo Patty. Patty Rice Rice, Scott Yes Stan, steel. Sullivan
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attacker Wallace. OK, is any member wish to change their vote. Petty
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is I. Senator Davis is I. Senator Alan Clark is I. Anyone
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else? Hickey is I. Anyone else? OK, please cast up the
ballot. OK, with 28, yay, 6 nays, 1
non-voting, SJR 15 is passed. transmit to the house. OK, with this, members, we're gonna be at the top of page 7, House bills for 3rd reading and passage. Is that yours? Which one we add that to the bottom.
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Sure. Yeah, we have it at the page, end of page
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8. We should have told you that. I'm sorry. OK. All right, members, we're at the top of page 7. We're going to go to House Bill
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1063 by Senator Crowe. House for 1063 by Central Crow and represented by Barry to amend the achieving a Better
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Life Experience Program Act and to amend the definitions of
disability certification and eligible individual to change disability onset age from 26 to 46. Senator Crow, you're recognized. Thank you, Senator.
This is to align with federal code, and this is for the able Act, for the
disabled onset disability onset from 26 to 46, it raises. that age. Any questions to Senator Crow on this? Anyone want to speak against
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it? Anyone wants to speak for it, Senator Crow is closed. Any
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objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Give us a minute, OK, members check the board
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and tell me if you want to change your vote. I got Senator Brian as present. Anyone else over here? I got Senator Dodson is present. I got Senator McKee as no. Anyone else over here? OK, over on this side, I've got Senator Payton is present. I got to send her Penzo as present. Anyone else over here? Anyone across the whole chamber, anybody else want to change their vote?
Please cast up the ballot with 29,
1 nay, 4 present, House Bill 1063 is passed. Please return to the house. Next is going to be House Bill 1085 by Senator English.
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Houseville 1085 a central English and Representative Brown to adopt federal law concerning tax deferred tuition savings programs and to amend the income tax liability for rollover contributions from an Arkansas brighter Future Fund plan to a Roth individual retirement account. Senator English, you're
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recognized, ma'am. Thank you very much. Basically it says exactly what this does exactly what it says here and and it puts us in line. adopts the federal tax, uh, law that it concerns tax deferred tuition programs, and it also um Amends the tax liability for the brighter futures plan, the 529 plan. Any any questions to send her English?
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Anyone who want to speak against it? Anyone wants to speak for it, Senator English is closed.
Any objection, rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Members
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check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote over on the right, is there anyone, my right? Seeing no one
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on the left, anyone here? Anyone else? OK, Senator King is non-voting.
Anyone else, OK, cast up the ballot with the 33, 0 nays, 1 non-voting House Bill 1085 is passed, please return to the
house. Next one is going to be House Bill 1290 by Senator
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Boyd. House 1290 by Senator Boyd and Representative Johnson to mandate coverage for mental health wellness examinations and to establish the Arkansas
support of mental health wellness examinations Act. Senator Boyle, you recognize. Thank you, Mr. President. This bill creates
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parity for having a mental health wellness exam with a physical health exam. The bill allows cost sharing, so we'll have a minimal fiscal impact. Question of Senator Boyd.
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And we want to speak against it. Anyone want to speak for it, Senator Boyd is closed and ejection rolling the vote. Please
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roll the vote. Members check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote. I got Senator Dodson is no. I got Senator McKee as no. I've got Senator Dees as present. I got Senator Bryant as no. I got Senator Sullivan as no, I
got Senator Payton as no, I got send her Flippo as a no. I got Senator Rice as a present. Senator Sullivan as a no. I got Senator Penzo as present. I got cinder dismay as present. I got Senator Hill as no. I got Senator Clark as a present. I got Senator Crow as president. I got Senator King as non-voting.
We already got you as a no, Senator Stubblefield, so you're good. I got Well, let's let's wait just a second. Senator Hester is a
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no. Anyone else. Anyone else want to change their
vote. OK, cast up the ballot. With 18 years, 9 nays, 1
non-voting, 6 present, House Bill 1290. is passed. Please return to the House as amended. OK, members, we're gonna go to House Bill 1941
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by Senator Dismay. 1491 9 1491 by Senator Dimay and Representative Warlaw concerning the excise tax on certain beer and sake to create
an excise tax credit for certain beer and sake produced using Arkansas rice.
Sender dismay you recognized. All right, thank you, members. This creates a um excise tax credit for distributors
and wholesalers that are utilizing Arkansas rice for beer or sake in the state, all the dollars stay in the state of Arkansas. They don't leave the state of the state of Arkansas for manufacturers. This has helped promote the purchasing of rice in our product. It's broadly supported by various entities across state including Ducks Unlimited because of the felt relationship between supporting
the rice industry and duck habitat in Arkansas. Any questions the
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senator dismaying? Anyone who speaks against it. Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized to speak against it. Senator Johnson, you're recognized. Thank
you, Mr. President. Um, This bill really doesn't have
any support from our wholesalers. This is a bad bill that will give a million dollars tax break to a foreign company, and that's what you used to call Anheuser-Busch is now called InBev, which is a Belgian company that went in partnership with the Brazilian company. Uh, in 2024, their revenue that company's revenue topped $60 billion. So if you think you're
helping local companies, you're not, but I would really appreciate a no vote on this bill. Senator Senator Mark Johnson has spoken against the bill. Does
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anyone wants to speak for the bill? Senator Dismay, are you closed, Senator dismaying is
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closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, Please roll the vote. We have a Perth desk, Senator Davis, yes, Senator Flowers, no. OK,
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I guess, uh. Roll the boat. All right. Does any member wish to change their vote?
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All right, we're gonna, we're gonna go over on the right for Senator Dodson is a no. Senator Dees is a no. Senator Bryant is a no. Send her love is a no. Senator Gilmore is a no. Over here we have Senator Sullivan as a no. We have sent her Penzo as a no. We have Senator Mark Johnson as a no. We got Senator Sullivan as a no.
OK, Senator English is a no. Cinder Stubblefield is a
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no. Senator Payton is a no. Anyone else, everybody checked the board,
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make sure we did that right. Everybody OK? OK, please cast up a ballot with 23, 12 nays, House Bill 1491 is passed.
Please return to the house and we're gonna go to House Bill 1562.
Well, we're gonna pass on that. So that we're gonna pass over that one and then we're gonna go to
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send her Hester, which is House Bill 1685. 1685 by Senator Hester and Representative Underwood to
create the grocery Tax Relief Act to amend the law concerning the sales and use taxes levied on food and food ingredients as affirmed by Affirmed by referred Act 19 of
1958 and to exempt groceries from sales tax and use taxes. Senator Hester, you recognize, sir.
If appropriate, I would like to make a make a motion to remove Senator Flowers from leave. Is that, is that appropriate at this time? Can
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I? Well, yep, we, well, we have a motion, so we have a
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motion on the floor, we'll vote it. We have a motion to remove cinder flowers from leave. All in favor of that motion indicate by saying ah and he opposed. OK, that motion carries, so
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Senator, uh, flowers is not on leave. OK, now you're red sender Hester. Members,
this is a grocery tax cut
that we've had a that we've had a lot of debate on, um, and it is the 18 cents sales tax on groceries. We know that there are 33 current tax there's a sales tax, there's a city and county tax, um, and this and this 1/8 cents state tax. We're removing this 18 cents state tax, there will still be a tax on Cities and counties on groceries in the from the cities and
counties, but this removes the 18. Happy to answer any
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questions. Anybody have any questions of Senator Hester on this bill?
Senator King, you're recognized. So basically this the impact is only like 5 to 8 bucks per person per year or something like that. That's correct. Anyone else OK, you want
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want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it? Senator Hester is closed.
Any objection rolling the vote, please roll the vote. OK,
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everybody check the screen and tell me if you want to change your vote. Does anybody want to change their vote on this? OK, please cast up the ballot with 35, 0, nay, House Bill 1685 is passed.
Play along with this corresponding emergency clause, please return
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House Bill 1685 as amended to the House. OK, members, we're gonna go to House
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Bill. Please send her flowers. OK, I've got a motion. I've got a motion to allow Senator Flowers back on leave.
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All in favor say aye. OK, any opposed? OK, Senator Flowers is back on leave. So at
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this time we're gonna go to House Bill 1706, Senator Hester. Pass of 1706 by Senator Hester
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and Representative McCollum, to amend the law concerning elections and to prohibit ranked choice voting. Senator Hester, you
reckon, sir? Members, we, we don't have any current elections that are using ranked choice voting on cities, counties, local or state level. This just prohibits it. It's preemptive on that. I'm happy to answer any questions. Senator Hester, Senator King,
you're recognized. So, I mean to get ranked choice voting, hey, listen, I've
seen ranked choice voting in Alaska and stuff that's skewed. I mean, I get that, but uh.
So to get ranked choice voting, they'd have to get something on the ballot to change the constitution, which is almost so I mean, what's the point of this bill, and I'm not for these
rank choice voting that are skewed. I get that. What's the point of this? I
think the important of it right now is to make sure that we don't do that. I think cities and counties, there are certain elections where they have more control of that. This is not allowing ranked
choice voting at any, at any level in the state of Arkansas, and you
know, military and Uniqata voting can rank. choice they're voting for For
I didn't know that. Yeah, and then, you know, a cryptozoo Greenberg and I believe in a long time ago, uh, former Representative Greenberg about like instant runoff voting for primaries, which is not, it's kind of rank choice that would save taxpayers money on these runoffs. I mean, in some cases could be a million dollars or $2 million when you have runoffs out a primary, uh, So this would actually eliminate that too. Is that I'm, I'm not familiar with what you're talking about.
I'm just, this bill is just about rank choice. Yeah, it's instant runoff voting out of a primary, this, this would knock it out too, but it's like that's not going to happen either, so I just want to let you know. Any other questions
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the Senator Hester? And you want to speak against this bill. Anyone want to speak for this bill. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the vote. Members check the board
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and tell me if you want to change your votes, Senator Tucker is no. Send her love is no.
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Senator Scott is no. You said what? Present. I'm sorry, I misunderstood the hand sign. You
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mad at me? My mistake. OK, uh, Senator, letting us know. Siner King is non-voting. Senator Murdoch is no anyone
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else. Anyone else? OK, please cast up the ballot.
With 28 ya, 4 nays, 1 non-voting, 1 present. House Bill 1706 is passed. Please return to the house and
we're going to go to House Bill 1732 by
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Senator Leadding. House 1732 by Central lighting
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and Representative Brown fought to increase the amount of the income tax deduction allowed for a teacher's classroom investment. sooner or later you're
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recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Colleagues, back in 2017, we established the first teachers' classroom investment deduction. I was honored to pass
that bill and set it at $250. We've upped it over the years. Representative Vaut wanted to bump it up to $1000 and because of my involvement in the legislation in the past, asked me to sponsor it honestly kind of forgot about it once it got to revenue and tax here in the Senate, but I'm glad that it made it out and would ask for a good vote. Any questions Senator Leding on this. Anyone
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wanna speak against it. Anyone want to speak for it? Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll
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the vote. Members check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote. Anyone won't change your
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vote on this. OK, OK, please cast up the ballot with 34, 0, nays House Bill 1732 is passed.
Please return to the house. We're going to go to House Bill 1739 by Senator Des. House for 1739
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but Senator Dees and Representative Brown to adopt the uniform electronic legal Materials Act. Senator Dees, you recognize, sir. Thank you,
Senator Tyler Dees
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Mr. President. House Bill 1739 has been worked on with the Bar Association and and many
other individuals to it's an act to adopt the uniform electric le Materials Act. You'll see the updates inside the bill and look for a good vote.
Anyone have any questions of Senator Das? Anyone want to speak against
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the bill, for the bill, Senator Dees is closed. Any objection to rolling the boat, please roll the vote. Members check the board. Tell
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me if you want to change your vote, Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else, OK?
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Cast up the ballot with 33, 0 nays, 1 non-voting. House Bill 1739 is passed. Please return to the house and we'll go to House Bill 1807
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by Senator Payton. 1807 by Senator Payton,
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Representative Eaves, to amend the sales tax exemption for aircraft held for resale and used for rental or charter and to clarify the person's elig eligible for the sales tax exemption for aircraft held for resale
and used for retail or charter, Senator. and you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. This
exemption already exists. It's just clarifying what situations it it should apply to, uh, when an aircraft is held for resale, uh, most of the time that's, that's a long time it's held. And so they want to be able to lease these aircraft. out while they're being held for resale and so it has a higher, the, the lease has a 7.5% sales tax on the lease, but this is just clarifying that it really doesn't change much about what we're doing. Any questions for Senator Payton?
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Anyone want to speak against the bill, and we want to speak for the bill. Senator Payton is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Members check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote, Senator Tucker is no. Anyone else? Anyone else want to change their vote? OK, cast up the ballot with 33, 1 nay, House Bill 1807
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is passed. Please return to the house, and we're going to now go
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to House Bill 1837 by Sinder Hammer. This will require
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24 votes. 1837 by Senator Hammer and Representative McLendon to amend the law concerning
disclosure for matters referred to voters and to ban foreign funding for ballot measures and to amend portions of the Arkansas code that resulted from initiated Act 1 of 1996. Senator Hammer, you're recognized, sir. Thank you. This bill
seeks to amend existing law concerning disclosure for matters referred to voters and most importantly bans foreign
funding for about measures. This process is vulnerable to manipulation when foreign entities are allowed to fund campaigns aimed at influencing our votes with regards to transparency, this bill strengthens disclosure requirements, makes it easier for voters to understand who is behind campaigns for or against ballot measures. Some may argue that this bill could limit funding sources from legitimate campaigns. However, House Bill 1837 does not restrict contribution from Arkansas domestic entities. It only targets foreign funding. This distinction ensures that
local voices remain strong while eliminating external interference, and I'll be glad to take any questions. Question of Senator Hammer. And anyone
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want to speak against the bill. Anyone want to speak ener for the bill. Senator King, you want to speak for
the bill. Senator King's gonna speak on the bill. You're recognized Senator King. I'm not gonna say much, you know where we're
at, but basically, uh, you know, we passed these bills and I'm gonna support this bill. I like the concept, but every member here needs to remember these dark money groups
that are allowed to take all kinds of money and not disclose donors. This does not touch them. So you need to be remindful of if you really want to stop this stuff that we've got to do something about these dark money groups that they can spend it. It doesn't matter what indeed it is. They can give millions of dollars out here, say whatever they want to hide behind these dark money groups. So this will do something, but it won't do a lot more, but I ain't vote for Senator King has spoken on the bill.
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Anyone else wants to speak for or against it. OK, Senator Hammer, do you want
to close? I do. Thank you for the comments. This is a bite, actually 2 or 3 bites of the apple, so I appreciate a good vote. OK,
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Senator Hammer is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Members check the board
and tell me if you want to change your vote. You
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want won't change their vote. OK, please cast up the ballot. Sorry, I missed you.
Senator, uh, so with 34 yeah, zero nays, House Bill 1837 is passed. Uh, as amended, please return to the house. OK, the next one's gonna be House Bill 1853, Senator Penzo 1853 by Central
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Pennzone and representative Moer to amend the law concerning agency relationship and duties related to real
estate license and to clarify the obligations of dual agency. Senator Penzo, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr.
President. This is just some clarifying language around dual agency, uh real estate association supports it, and I'd appreciate a good vote. Any questions the Senator Penzo? Anyone want to speak against the bill for the bill.
Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. members, let me know if you want
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to change your vote. Is everybody looked at the screamed. Let me know if you want to change your vote. OK, Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else?
OK, cast up the ballot. OK, with 33 ys, zero nays, 1 non-voting House
Bill 1853 is passed. Please return to the house and then we're going to go to House Bill 1894,
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Senator Gilmore. House for 1894 by Senator Gilmore and Representative Beatty to establish a method of evaluation for real property is for affordable housing and to establish a method of evaluation for certain real property under Arkansas constitution 6
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Constitution Article 16, Section 5. Senator Gilmore, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, this is a bill, no, no, opposition, but what it basically does is ask the assessment coordination division to pro promulgate rules on evaluation. properties, uh, mostly affordable housing properties that have deed restrictions, so it's just asking them to promulgate rules, it's a very complicated uh assessment area, so that's what it does, not in opposition, happy to take questions. Any questions Senator Gilmore? Anyone want to speak against it. Anyone want to speak for it.
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Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the
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vote. Everybody checking the board. Senator Dodson is no. Anyone else? Anyone else?
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Senator King is non-voting. Anyone will change their vote. OK, cast up the ballot. With 32 yeah, one nay, one non-voting House Bill 1894 is passed, please send to the House, and we're going to go to
the top of page 8, that's the last page, members, there's one or two at the end,
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but it's been added. House Bill 1917, Senator Hester, you recognized.
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members this is I'm sorry, my fault 1917, with Senator Heston and Representative Shepherd to amend the Arkansas Student athlete Publicity Rights Act and to amend the law related to athletic program funding.
Senator Hester, you recognized. Thank you, Senator
Ke members. This is Bill, we all know as the NIL bill, you know, there was a
there was an agreement between the NCAA and student athletes. This will allow the state of Arkansas, uh, ultimately to do profit sharing. with our student athletes to keep us competitive. I'm happy to answer any questions. Any questions of Senator Hester. OK, first, I think
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I had Center Hill, and then I'll go to you Senor English. Senator Hill, you're first. Senator Hester, what,
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what's the purpose behind this to make student athletes tax exempt from
state. No other citizen is tax exempt like that. What, why are they special?
Well, that's a great question. We are treating them differently on this, but this is only on the money that the universities pay the students, we're not going to charge taxes, and that's just to keep us competitive with Tennessee and Texas and other states that that that do not have a state income tax, but should those student athletes receive money from an outside, you know, business of some sort that will be taxable.
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Jason or English you recognized for a question. So as I read the bill, when I read the bill. It basically says there these students are not going to pay any state income tax. I have a problem with that. Um, I'm thinking here are kids that are making 200 and 30 $400,000 and they're not paying any state and all the rest of our kids are all paying, so can you explain that to me? I understand competitive, but can you understand explain that to me, so the one
thing I will say it's only on the money that the university pays them directly,
or we're not going to charge them income taxes on, but all the other where there where you, where you're seeing these huge amounts of money come, those are from uh outside businesses, but you're We, we, we assume that this will be a state impact
of about $300,000 a year. So how are we going to
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discern between what's coming in and Are they going to be filing? There's no it's, it's a very
transparent and clear process. There's a clearing house that works through each of the universities, it will be very
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transparent process. I just think it's kind of hard for all of our young people who are going to
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school, paying their bills. Thank you. Any other questions the Senator Hester. I
believe Senator Payton, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. I'm confused. I thought under NIL they weren't being paid by the university. They were being paid from outside sources, so, so what portion of the NIL money is allowed to be paid from the university. Well,
It's up to each university, but there's a profit sharing plan agreed on with the NCAA, uh, in the settlement of that lawsuit. So our universities do not have to participate, but if they choose to, I can tell you in this moment it may not be exactly
right, but I believe from the University of Arkansas, they estimate paying out about $20 million a year. Well, I'd
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sure like to have a break on my income taxes. Thank you. All you have to do is be elite at
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what you do in athletics. OK, Senator Murdoch, you're
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recognized, sir. Thank you, sir. Uh thank you, Senator Hester. I support this bill, but I did not know or I missed about the state income tax piece. What's the purpose of that of why they're not paying state income tax. Well, look, it's all about competitiveness
and, and if we're competing with a student from uh that's looking at Texas or Tennessee where they don't have any income tax, and it means our universities have to pay ultimately more just to be even. OK, thank you. Senator Mark Johnson.
Thank you, Mr. President. Excuse me, sir. Senator Hester, uh, this revenue that's being shared, that's the revenue the university or the athletic department gets, for example, you go to a bowl game, you get a million dollars. It's probably a lot more than that now, but you got to get a million dollars. That's the revenue
we're sharing, correct, that there is that revenue, there's, you know, TV revenue and
that's right, it's but it's the earned revenue that's paid
to the athletic department for For sports, that's correct. OK,
thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Hill. And
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then Senator King. Senator Hester, you said it was about $20 million
being paid out by the university. There, there will be, it's estimated, depending on what their revenues are next year, so that should be more than $300,000 tax. Well, you've got to assume that we don't
know what each tax rate is because, you know, if a lot of these students that have zero income, they may get $10,000 well that won't be taxable
because they don't make enough money to be taxed. So this money is is shared amongst all athletes are a vast majority of them, not just a few that are going to be making huge amounts of money. OK, thank you, Senator King, you're recognized, sir, and
I may have missed it. So the ones making huge amounts of money will pay no income tax.
No, only on the portion that they received from the university, so if, if they have a, a, a bigger revue, you know, a bigger deal with the local Ford dealership that that will be taxable.
So if the students working in another area to come
up with some medical device or something and Then they would pay taxes on
that, absolutely. Senator Payton, you recognize, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. So we recently advanced a bill to make sure that kids, teenagers, students, when they work on a regular job, have to make sure they get a pay stub, which is going to force all the withholdings and regular employment taxes on those kids
that are just working a, a 10 or 15 hour a week job, making You know, a little lunch money. But we're going to let the student athletes go without income tax here. That's right, and I appreciate your,
your, you know, uh, caring about all the students. We, we want to continue to make our income tax rate down to 0 so that
no one has to pay it right now we're doing something that brings a significant amount of revenue to the state of Arkansas, people choose to turn on their TVs on Saturday afternoon and, and watch that
and they and buy the jerseys and uh that's why people are buying ads to watch it on TV. They're contributing to a significant amount of revenue and the settlement is they should share in it. Look, if it was up to me, we wouldn't have NIL at all. Uh but We do, we want to be competitive. We want to help our universities be competitive, um, you know, at an
elite level. Thank you. Any other questions, Senator Hester? Anyone want
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to speak against the bill? For the bill. Senator Hester is closed. Is there an objection to rolling
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the vote. We have an objection on
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this one, so. Please call the row. Poet Brant Caldwell. Caldwell.
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Clark Crawl. Crowl Davis Davis, D Dema. This man, Datsun. Dotson. English.
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Flipper flowers. On leave. Gilmore? Gilmore. Hammer. Hammer. Hester Hickey, Hickey Hill,
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Ivin. Irvin Blake Johnson Mark Johnson. King, letting love.
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McKee McKee Murdoch Peyton, Penzo. The
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Patty? Hetty, Rice, Scott. Stone Stab a fail? Sullivan Tucker. Wallace Wallace.
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OK, do any members wish to vote or change their vote. I got Senator Hammer
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as present. I got Senator Gilmore as no. I got Senator Wallace. As
yes. Senator Gilmore, did you Senator dismaying is yes. I got Senator McKee as no. Anyone else? I got Senator Crow as president. I got Senator Dodson as yes. I
got Senator Irvin as no. Anyone else
I want to get everybody right, so I don't want to miss, miss one again. Anyone else? OK, Senator Rice says
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yes, OK. Cast up the ballot. OK, with the vote of 16 ya, 11 nays, 4 non-voting, 3 present, 1 on leave. House Bill 19717 fells. Motion. OK, Senator Hester is
recognized for a motion. Members, I'd like to expunge the vote by which House Bill 1917 failed. OK, all, all in favor of the
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expungement, please indicate by saying ah, and he opposed? That motion carries so
that vote is expunged and now we're gonna go to House Bill 1918, Senator Dodson. 1918
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by Senator Johnson. I've been telling them to amend the law concerning uh species or our legal tender to
authorize the use of a bullion depository. And to allow for a precious metals backed electronic system. Senator Dodson, you're right
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now, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members, House Bill 1918, the primary objective of it is
of it is to provide Arkansans with a secure and efficient means to store and use precious metals as a form of payment. To do this, the bill does two things. First, it authorized the option for a state-run depository in the future. It does not mandate it.
It's only an option. Uh, Texas established the first state-run gold depository in the US in 2015, allowing individuals, businesses, and even government entities to store gold and silver. Tennessee has adopted similar provisions in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Florida are considering comparable legislation this session. Secondly, uh, gold and silver are already recognized as legal tender in Arkansas, but there's no mechanism to allow people to use it as legal tender. Therefore, the next logical step is a payment system that enables its practical
practical. use by implementing a precious metals backed electronic transaction system, we can modernize commerce, allowing for seamless asset-backed exchanges for those who wish to use gold or silver. This initiative positions Arkansas as a leader in financial innovation, giving residents an alternative, stable, and reliable means of conducting transactions as they choose. We worked closely with the treasurer's office to develop
this bill. Happy to try
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to answer any questions. Senator Dodson on this. Anyone want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it. Senator Dodson is
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closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. All right, members look
at the board and let me know if you want to change your vote. Anyone want to change their vote, Senator King is present. Anyone else?
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Anyone else? OK, cast up the ballot with 33 0
nays, 1 present, House Bill 1918 is passed. Please return to the house and we're going to go to House Bill 1925 by
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Senator Gilmore. How spell 1925 by Senator Gilmore and Representative Beatty to amend the law concerning absentee ballots and require an oath for an absentee ballot. Senator
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Gilmore, you recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, this is pretty simple, just upstate, updates our absentee ballot law to include uh having someone witness the signature on an absentee ballot. There are many states that do
this, Rhode Island being one, Alaska being another, many states do it. I think it's just a good way to continue to secure our elections with that, have to take questions. Any questions to
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Senator Gilmore? Anyone want to speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it. Senator Gilmore is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote, please roll the
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vote. Members, please check the board again. Senator Scott is no. Let me know if
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you want to change your vote. Senator Lowe Lowe, I'm sorry, Senator, love
is no Senator Tucker is no. Senator Murdoch is no Senator letting us know. Anyone else. OK, OK, please cast
up the ballot with 29 years, 5 nays, House Bill 1925 is
passed. Please return to the house and we're going to go to House Bill 1935 by Senator Gilmore. 1935 by Senator
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Gilmore and Representative Eaves to create a
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modernization and automation tax credit to encourage investment by existing businesses within the state. Senator Gilmore, you recognize, sir. Thank you,
Senator Ben Gilmore
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Mr. President. Members, we have a lot of things that we do for trying to recruit business from out of state. but this is one of those where we're trying to make sure we're helping businesses that are currently in the state and keep them here. Uh, so this, this bill is a tax credit and incentive for businesses staying here that it will seek to modern modernize um or keep a presence. It has things as was heard in
the Reventa testimony, there are clawbacks, um, so that we protect the state, um, and then there's also cost-benefit analysis to make sure that it's revenue neutral in that sense, Happy to take questions. Any
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questions Senator Gil? more. Senator Alan Clark,
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you're recognized, sir. What qualifies as modernization
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and automation. It could be a lot of things,
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um, it could be, you know, increasing a production line. It could be robotics, it could be a
lot of things that will be determined by AEDC, um, but they'll have to sign an agreement and they'll have to uphold that agreement to provide the jobs, to provide that incentive and the cost benefit analysis has to bear out. All right, thank you.
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Any other questions of Senator Gilmore? Anyone Uh, Senator Peyton, you got a question? Senator Payton's. What's
the threshold that they have to meet to
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qualify? Uh, 25 million. Thank you. Any other questions?
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Anyone wanna speak against it? Anyone want to speak for it. Senator Gilmore is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote Everyone
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check the board and see if you want to change your vote. Anybody want to change their vote, Senator Payton is present. Senator King is
non-voting. Anyone else Senator Dodson is no anyone else? Senator Penzo is present.
Everybody checking the board one last time.
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OK, please cast up the ballot. With 30 years, 1 nay, one non-voting, 2 present. House
Bill 1935 is passed. Please return to the house and we're gonna go to House Bill. Alright, we're
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gonna skip over House Bill 1942, and we're gonna go to Cinderstone for House Bill 1960. Houseville
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1960 by Senator Stein and Representative Wardo to
provide that the lease of a leased motor vehicle is the owner for purposes of the assessment and payment of property
taxes and to amend the law concerning local sales and use taxes on certain tangible personal property,
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Senator Stone, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. Members currently Arkansas is not competitive for leasing vehicles. Ford dealers are especially uncompetitive because Ford had the 25% markup to each monthly lease payment for the purpose of remitting personal
property taxes. This markup, amount is way above the actual tax it is owed. This bill will authorize and let leasees pay directly to the county assessor to their county of residence, what needs to be paid, and just like on the sale of a new vehicle where the tax is capped at the max of $2500. That's what will happen on the lease vehicles, um, I don't know of any opposition to this bill and all 35 Ford dealers in the state of Arkansas is in favor of
this. Bill, especially on the ones that border uh states because Le sees are going across to the state line to save a significant amount of money on their payment every month and it's putting our dealers at a competitive disadvantage in the state, and with that, I'm open to any questions, any questions that Senator
Stone, Senator Payton, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Good bill, but how's it going to
affect the open leases that are currently under contract. I mean, for 36, 48 months.
That was already worked out in the, in the beginning on those specific leases that are already out there. How's it, how are we? How's this bill handle that? I believe it'll be
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like any other law that's passed, it'll only move effect whils moving forward. I don't know of anything in
here that you can pass a law to retroactively and do a contract that's already been done. Well I figured that had
already came up in discussion, but I guess it hadn't. It has not,
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not that I'm aware of anyway. Well, obviously
we assess personal property on an annual basis, correct? We're shifting the ownership of this asset, this personal property to the lease instead of the lessor. So it seems to me that those lease payments that already include the lesser pay in this property tax. We'd have to make some sort of provision for that because Starting next year, the vehicle is going to be the personal property of the lease lease.
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I think I understand the argument that you're trying to make, but honestly, I don't have
an answer for it. I'm not against this. I mean, I, I think it's a great move. For the same reason those Ford dealers do. But it could be devastating to those people that currently have leases. To find out that now they're going, property tax on the vehicle when they're already paying it in the first in the lease payments. Because it's not separated out
in that contract and then those lease payments. The The company doing the lease already, as you said, with a margin, built it into those payments. I don't see how it's coming out. I don't know how you do with that. Thanks. All right, thank you. Any other questions the Senator Stone? OK. Anyone want
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to speak against the bill? Anyone want to speak for the bill?
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OK, is there any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. OK, members, does anyone want to change their vote? All right, Senator Hill is no Senator Payton, what were you, Senator Payton's no senators Sullivan is no. Senator Rice is present. Senator King is non-voting. Senator Clark is no.
Senator Irvin is no. Senator Crow is not is present.
OK, over on this side, does anyone want anything? Hickey's going to present. Anyone else?
OK, cast up the ballot with 25 ya, 5 nays, 1 non-voting,
3 present. House Bill 1960 is
passed. Please return to the house
as amended. OK, the next one we're gonna go to is
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House Bill 1976 by Senator Dodson. 1976 by Senator Dodson concerning uh er reports and to create
the open access to public use for reports Act. Uh,
Senator Dodson, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. Members House Bill 1976, the open access
to public use foror this Act. This is kind
of a cool new concept, uh, that we don't have currently in the state of Arkansas, so this is the best time to ensure that we have a free market solution for these things as they begin to come out. So avertiport would be kind of like a bus stop for a uh Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. So we're talking about uh basically a uh meet Georgia Jetson type taxi that you can take off at a, at a public use
point. More than likely when they start, they will be started at airports or, or helipads, that type of thing, but uh the idea and the concept behind it is that these vehicles will be able to transport cargo or humans. in fixed routes. So say that you're in Mamel and you need to get to downtown Little Rock and there's a, there's a connection for Hopefully the price of like an Uber, you could Skip the traffic and have these these vehicles, vertical takeoff
landing uh vehicles that go up, go over to the next destination place. This sets up the framework to make sure that there's open competition in the state of Arkansas when we begin to see these things, the future is coming and it will be here soon. Um I think that kind of describes what the bill does more than happy to try to answer any questions. OK, any questions of uh Senator Dodson. OK, Senator Payton, you're recognized.
Thank you, Mr. President. Why do we have to prohibit zoning on this? Well,
this is not prohibiting zoning, but making sure that any zoning that is done doesn't exclude isn't monopolistic and so cities and municipalities, various ones don't sign long-term leases that are exclusive to one or more companies that it would allow for these to develop naturally in a free market type style. So they can do all the zoning they want as long as it's not.
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Anti-competitive. OK, thank you. Yep. Senator Clark, you're
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recognized for a question. Senator, when you molecularly transport like on Star Trek. Is that vertical, do you know? Um, little different than
Meet George Jetson, but uh I'm looking forward to that day too. Uh, I'll let you test it out first though, but is it vertical? I don't know if it'd be vertical or horizontal, actually. It might be a little bit of both. Appreciate a good vote.
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OK, anyone want to speak against this bill. Anyone wants to speak for
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this bill? OK, Senator Dodson's closed. Any objection to rolling
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the vote? Please roll the vote. All right, members,
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anyone want to change their vote? Senator King is non-voting. Anyone else? Senator Gilmore's no. Anyone else? Everybody checked the board one more time. OK, cast up the ballot.
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With 32 years, 1 nay, one non-voting House Bill 1976 is passed. Please return to the house.
I think we're gonna skip over House Bill 1983. And then we're going to go to Senator Gilmore for House Bill 1865. 1865 by
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Senator Gilmore and Representative to create an enhanced penalty for certain offenses against a child. You recognize Senator Gilmore. Thank you, Mr.
Senator Ben Gilmore
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President. Members, um, just to give you a
little backstory on this bill and how it came about. Representative Vau brought this bill to myself and Senator Tucker and asked for some help. There's a couple of amendments on it to get it better, but I just want to point out this bill came as a result in a span of about 6 weeks, there were several children that were brutally beaten, abused, sexually assaulted within her district. Um, and so in an effort to try to address some of those things, this bill came about. So what this bill does, and, and I would point out that those children were abused.
by um people who were in positions of trust, be it a parent, a stepparent, or uh someone uh someone else. So with that, this bill basically has an enhanced penalty, a mandatory minimum for those who are 18 years or older who commit in a felony offense described in the section in those offenses are homicide, kidnapping, sexual offenses, voyeurism, human trafficking, and then other crimes as listed there and, and it's further
qualified with the criteria that the offense committed against a child, and the position and the person that is in a position of trust or authority, um, and so with that, it basically sets a mandatory minimum um on class Y felonies 30 years, Class A, 15, Class B 10, and you can continue to read there. Happy to take questions. OK, any questions to Senator Gilmore? Anyone want to speak against this
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bill? For this bill, Senator Gilmore is closed. Any objection to
rolling the vote, please roll the vote. A members
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of you look board and say if you want to change your vote. Anyone want to change this
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vote? Anyone would change their vote. OK, please cast up the ballot. 34, 0 nays, House Bill 1865 is passed. Please return to the house. Senator
Davis, you want to be recognized for a motion. Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to make
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a motion to suspend the rules to add Senate Bill 622
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to the end of the calendar. OK, y'all heard the motion all in favor say aye. And he opposed. OK, we're at the end of the calendar. I do believe. Other,
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other than We're waiting on those two bills that sender Hester asked to be recalled from the house, so Well, I mean, right, there's, there may be
3 bills. So right now we're gonna listen to Senate Bill 622 by Senator Davis. Senator Davis, are you, are you ready to present? OK,
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let's read it and then you'll be
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recognized. 622 by Senator Davis to remove the prohibition on a tower retailer from charging other fees to a person who purchases the service of removal of a tower from a rim. OK, Senator Davis, you're recognized, ma'am. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Members, I don't have the bill in front of me, but we'll get it if you've got additional questions, but it
simply strikes to pieces of language in different parts of code. We've had a lot of debate around waist tires this session,
and I think we've worked out what, you know, we're gonna do moving forward. This bill does not Really specifically have to do with any of the tire bills you've seen, it's more about a local issue that I'm having and by local, I mean, from Morralton all the way on up to Fort Smith. Um, so what it strikes is language saying that a higher district, or excuse me, a tire retailer cannot charge a fee if they've already remitted a commercial generator fee or tire
generator fee back to the state. Um, this is a problem when you're entire district is not picking up tires for your hire retailers and they're spending tens of thousands of dollars having a company come in from out of state to haul off the tires. So this issue is simply to fix that for some of those retailers that are in that situation, um, and hopefully we come back with a good, something that we can do next session to really handle the waste tier issue. Happy to answer any questions. Any questions of Senator Davis on this bill?
Senator Dodson, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator, I just Stepped back in and saw this bill for the first time. Is there it says fees. Are there any increased fees? Are we eliminating fees or is it revenue neutral? Yeah, this revenue neutral, I mean,
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this doesn't have anything to, this is with
tire retailers, essentially tire shops, um, so this doesn't have anything to do with any type of state fees or anything like that, um, we just, all of our tire retailers across
the state remit $3 for a removal fee back to the state and The state then pays our waist higher districts once they pick up and process those tires. However, there are parts of these tire districts that are not ever picking up and processing tires from our tire retailers. So they're having to hire companies to come in and get rid of these tires or getting written up by the city, all kinds of other violations because of a problem, I'd say government created that we haven't quite yet resolved. So this isn't across the board, but
this is just to allow um allow that for tire
retailers. who need it. So it's removing some sections of code
as I scroll through it real quick. But then it allows the retailer to charge their own fees in addition to that they're not able to do right now because of the yeah,
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just it strikes the language saying they cannot if they have remitted a commercial generator or tire generator fee. Right now it says they cannot charge any additional fees, and
this just allows them to do so if
needed for the hauling and disposal of tires.
So basically the retailer would be the one that would be generating a charge. As far as so the free market would actually
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be making the decision then. OK, thank you. OK. Any other questions? Senator Payton, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. So There's
a discrepancy over who, some people say that they already can do this, and some
people say they can't. This is just a clarification. if they want to recoup money that they expend outside the program that they can. That's correct. Yeah, just simply a clarification. Senator King, you're
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recognized for a question. Do you know who put this into law and when? Well, I guess
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back in 2017 when they created waste higher districts is my assumption. So happy to be corrected if I'm wrong on that, but that was all part of creating tire districts.
So it's part of a bigger bill. Oh, excuse me, it
was pre-existing before Wasteyer districts Oh, I see. 000, I see what you're saying.
Yes, around 2017. You have people removing these tire. that think they can't charge to remove the tire that's people in
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your district that have said this. Yes, and so
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that's why, I mean, I would agree with Senator Peyton Payton that it's a clarification because some people are just putting it within the price of their tire. However, I have a tire retailer
who tried to do that, but showed it on the invoice and got slapped by DFNA and had to pay thousands and thousands of dollars back because they said they weren't allowed to do so. So this is clarification to let them know they can build it in however they want, um, but if for those that want to be transparent with the customer and say what they're doing, then it's just clear that they have the ability to do so. Any other questions?
Senator Mark Johnson, your first? Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Davis, I've always seen this language and it it kind of bothered me about you charge a fee to remove the tire from the rim, and I thought, well, if someone is going to patch the inside of my tire instead of a plug. They're removing it from the ramp, and I didn't think they ought to get charged for that, but is the Language supposed to be something of the order of removing the tire from the rimly like to recycle it. Was that
kind of what I don't, I never understood why
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it said that. Now this, the striking of this language doesn't have anything to do with that. This, the tire retailers will
still remit their $3 fee to the state. Everything stays exactly as it is in terms of how they were met and how then the state remits to waste higher districts. Um, this is just simply striking some language to clarify what some tire retailers are already doing and what some think they don't have permission to do. So
is it your understanding if I have a flat and I go to my local tire shop, and they take my tire off and they say, yeah, here's where the hole is. We're gonna patch it on the inside and we're going to put it back on. Did they have to pay the $3 fee to
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the state? I don't have the answer to that.
I do not know that. Well, I just, I know it's about the recycling and it's a fee that to do this, but I just the whole Language seemed a little weird to me, I guess you and I probably know about the same amount
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about it. Thank you for taking my question. Thank you, Mr. President. Yes, sir. Any
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other questions? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off, Senator Davis. No, well, I
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was just going to say Senator Peyton, I believe, can answer that question more clearly for Senator Johnson, maybe if he'll want to come down and speak on
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it and clarify. OK, Senator Hill, you're recognized for a question. Senator Davis, I
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know this is a Problem in your area could it not create a problem in other areas where they're actually picking the tires up and may not put a line item on there as well and charge. $5 and just put that straight to
their bottom line because they're not having a problem with this issue. Um,
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I mean, I would think that that would be a competition situation. This is for, you know, that people would see that and go somewhere
else. This is for legally hauling and disposing of tires. That's what this is intended to be pointed at, but that would still be legal for them to do. Am
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I correct? I think they can, I, I think they
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could already do something like that anyways if they wanted to put a line item right now and say we're charging a maintenance fee, they can already do that.
So this isn't allowing something that tire retailers can already do. This is simply clarifying what some retailers think they can do and what some currently think they can't, and just making it consistent and clear. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions, Senator Clark, you're recognized?
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Yes, this is a technical question. How is this bill going to be heard in the house? Public
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Health meets tomorrow. And there have been no amendments to it, and they're meeting in the morning and in
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the afternoon suspending rules, they'll hear it. Yes, because they're meeting in the afternoon. Any other questions? OK, does
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anyone want to speak against the bill? You want to speak for the bill. Senator Payton is going to be recognized to speak for the
bill. Thank you, Mr. President, and colleagues, I argued that this bill was not necessary, but it probably is advantageous for us
to clarify it. Um, I appreciate y'all helping me pass the bill earlier this session, but the House didn't like it. The 2nd floors got their idea. We didn't like it, uh, we still haven't reached an agreement on exactly how to fix this problem, but this bill does clarify. If I'm right, they can already do it. If uh Brianne's tire dealer is right, then they can't do it without getting fined. This clarifies what everybody believes, and that is that they
should be able to do it, OK? I don't want them to put a line on their invoice and blame it on the government raising a fee. But the bottom line is we've been up against. The fact that processing and transporting these tires cost more than the $3 that's being remitted. So the transporters and processors have tried to pass some of that on to the retailer by saying you're gonna have to pay for this trailer. You're going to, you know, pay to have a trailer sitting out there to put tires on. So the retailers want to be able to collect some
of their expenses, which some of them are actually pulling the tires out of the program, sending them to a party that's not in the Arkansas program and paying them to haul them off. This clarifies that they can charge whatever they want to charge for a tire, and it can include fees other than the $3 and, and as Senator Hill said, We would argue that they already can do that. It's just a matter of how they describe it. I would hope that they don't describe it as a new government fee because
we have not raised that. appreciate a good any,
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anybody else want to speak for or against anyone else wants to speak for or against the bill. Senator Davis, are you closed or do you want to
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close? OK, Senator Davis is closed. Uh, any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. OK, members, if you would check the board. And see if you
want to change your vote. Does anyone want to change their vote? Senator Hill is present.
Anyone else? Anyone else want to change your vote. Not voting. Senator
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King is non-voting anyone else. OK, if you would please cast up the ballot. 32 ye, zero nays, 1 non-voting, one present. The Senate Bill 622 is Passed please transmit to the house. We're gonna read something across
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the desk. We're still waiting on some recalls from the
house right now we're going to
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read something across. Well, your committee on state agencies to whom wed house was 1683 by Representative McLendon
recommend do pass. Calendar Senator Hester Senator Hester is recognized. Members, I would
like to revote House Bill 1917, the NIL. Bill, it's 1917, correct? That's
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OK, we've already expunged votes, so we're going to revote. House Bill 1917. Just
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OK. House Bill 1917. So House for
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1917 by Central Hester and uh Representative Shepherd to amend the Arkansas Student Athlete Publicity Rights Act and to
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amend the law related to athletic program funding. OK, Senator Hester, you're recognized. Thank you, members. Uh, we
just had this debate, lost by a few votes. I've heard from several of you that are happy to reconsider at this time. I would appreciate a good vote. OK, asking Senator Hester any
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questions. Anyone will speak against it. Anyone
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want to speak for it? Any objection to rolling the vote?
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please call the row. But Brant. Brant?
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Caldwell. Caldwell. Clark. Oh Crow Davis
days this bang. Dotson. Dotson No. English. Flippo flowers, leave Gilmore. Gilmore Hammer.
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Hester. Hicky Hicky Hill. Irvin. Like Johnson.
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Mark, said I, Mark Johnson King flatting. OK.
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Love McKee. McKee Murdoch Peyton. Oh Penzo Patty. Rice Scott. Stan, Sta afield.
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That a fail. Sullivan. Tucker tacker, yes. Tucker's
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any members wish to vote or change their vote, Senator McKee is no. Anyone else, Senator Gilmore is no. Anyone else want to change their vote?
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Last time, Cast up the ballot. OK, with 19 nays, excuse me, with 1912 nays, 3 non-voting.
House Bill 1917 is passed. Please return to the house. OK, we're gonna, we have something
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center roll to conduct a study related to critical
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minerals Senate Bill 645. Yeah, we're just, we're kind of in pause right here waiting to see if we get some stuff back from the house OK, members
that the House, the House I think is taking a, I don't know
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if it's a short recess. Why don't we take a 10-minute recess. Everybody stay around quick, we'll hit the hit the buzzer whenever we need you back. Thank you. Again, we're in recess for about 10 minutes, Senator Murdock, do you have a question? Sir Turn your mic on. I can't hear. Well, there's been a motion to recall, I believe, 3 bills from
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the house we're seeing if we can get those recalled, and that's, and that's gonna be it.
I, so we're gonna, we're gonna work on that and see what
we can get done. These are the 3 of the members want to know, their number 347-596 and House Bill 1847. Again, we're in a, we're
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in a recess. Everybody listening for the buzzer, but we're going to say 10 minutes
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OK, members, uh, we're back from recess. Not
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for retirement Senate Bill 347 as requested. Notice of return of House Bill 1847 as requested. OK, Senator Hester, are you
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going to do one of those or? I know Senator Payton's got one. Senator Penn's
always got one. Who's first? Which one do we want to do? We wanna do a Senate bill, Senate Bill 3471. But 440,
Senator Wallace. Senator Wallace has a motion, so Senator Wallace, you're recognized for a motion. Members, I would
like to make a motion to pull Senate Bill 440 back from the governor's office for the purpose of putting it in uh interim studies.
OK, you all have heard the motion, all in favor say aye. And he opposed OK, so we're
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gonna recall Senate Bill 440, correct? 40, yes, sir. From the governor's office. Yes,
sir. OK. And the next we got it done. I'm sorry. That's good. That motion passed. Uh, Senator Penzo,
you're gonna have some motions on it. Thank you, Mr. President, 347. Um, motion to send Senate Bill 347 expunge the vote by which Senate
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Bill 347, uh, passed. OK, you all have heard the motion. What this is the, the dental bill, correct? All right, so we're gonna expunge the sponge vote by way of Senate Bill 347 passed,
so all in favor say aye. And he opposed OK, and then motion to send Senate Bill 347 and Amendment 1 to
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committee? No. You want to adopt amendment, you don't
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want him to do the amendment. OK, OK.
Yes. Whatever motion you want to do. We'll go the difficult route. So, so, uh, motion to send Senate Bill 347 and Amendment 1 to to public health, uh, for purposes
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of amendment. OK, you all have heard the motion all in favor,
say ah. Can you oppose Motion to uh hear the bill on the Senate floor upon passage in
committee. Senator Hester, are you OK with us staying in session? OK, so, so
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we, we will stay in session of that. So we'll let y'all go to committee after we get done, and then we'll just leave everything open. We'll go into a short, we'll go into a recess, I guess we can go into a recess, y'all can meet on uh in committee and then we'll come back. OK, long as Senator Hester
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is OK with it, we're good. OK, Senator Payton, you're going to be recognized for House Bill
1847 that we recalled. Thank you, Mr. President. So members, uh, House Bill 1847 is the one that allows the racing commission to set up help for people with gambling addiction, I would move that we just expunge the vote by which it passed. OK, members, you all have heard
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the thing. We're going Sunge vote by which House Bill 1847 passed, all in favor say aye, ah. OK, that motion passes, and I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and remove Senate
Amendment number 1 from House Bill 1847. OK. What, what
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they tell me is the appropriate term is the motion to rescind Amendment
number 1 recede. Take it off. Right. OK, that's
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motion is that we're gonna recede or take the amendment off of uh uh of this
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bill, so all in favor say aye, aye, uh, any oppose? OK, that
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motion will carry and then we're gonna send it to engrossing or actually unengrossing because we're gonna take that amendment off, correct? OK, so do I need to make a motion to put it on a calendar or
anything? OK, thank you. Does he need to And put it on the bottom of the day's calendar. We, we'll do that after it
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comes back from engrossing. Senator Hester, do you want to Members, I just want to make
sure everybody understands what's what's going on. So we had the, we
had the, the, the, the dental Medicaid increase for pediatrics and and adults with disabilities. We understood the fiscal impact was about $4 million. We passed that off our floor almost unanimously, went down to the house, there was a revised fiscal impact once it got to the house from about 4 million to 24 million. So that caused a problem as you would expect. So what we've done now is we asked the House to send it back to us because our
understanding, which I felt pretty good, that it was not going to pass out of House committee and off their
floor with that type of fiscal impact. We've withdrawn it back to here, sent it to committee to add an amendment uh for about a $6.9 million
fiscal impact, which is still significant, as we, you know, I'm not gonna advocate for the bill, but you know, it's been since 2008, since there's been a a Medicaid increase for, for dentists for, for pediatrics like this isn't for me and you, this is for pediatrics and those
with disabilities. So when it comes back from committee, we will decide if we're going to allow it to be engrossed and heard today. Uh, The argument ends today because if we don't get it to the house, they got to hear it in their committee tomorrow off their floor Wednesday. So that's, that's why we're all kind of waiting around here. I feel like this was important to most of us and most of our districts. Uh, but we'll, we'll take that vote. We will have to agree to hear it on engross it and hear it on our floor today.
OK, Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and this was a conversation in the hallway, so I wanted to get out in the open
and just ask you, how is, how is or is this going to have an impact on an RSA or how is that going to be addressed or are we that do you want to wait till he gets on the floor to talk about that. I, I will be prepared for
that question when it gets on the floor. OK, thank you. Thanks. OK, do we have, do we have anything else before we go into
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recess because public health is going to
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meet. Nothing, Senator Davis, you're recognized, ma'am. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Our, we're going to recess, go into committee, and then come back. OK, thank you. So
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it's 451. I heard Senator Hester say he expects that committee meeting to last no more than 10 minutes. I think we need to give people time to get there and get back, so if it's OK, Senator Hester,
5:15 to come back in. We soon. Do you have people time to get 5:15 to come back in, so we'll have a time specific. So with that we're in recess till 5:15 now also, OK, and is also meeting. Any other committee meeting is gonna, is there any other committee meetings that
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are going to meet so we can announce it. All right, so we have public health and judiciary, and then we're coming back in at 5:15.
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Well, all right, it's 5:15 just like we said, so we're back in uh We're back in session from recess. We've got some things to read across
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the desk. That's the retirement of Senate Bill 440 from the governor's office as requested. Were you
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Committee on Public Health, to whom was referred to Senate Bill 347 by Senator Penzo recommend DuP pass as amended number one. That Carolina? OK.
Yeah, now we're gonna do the amendment. It
depends how you wrote last. OK, Senator Penzo, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to send Senate Bill
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347 to engrossing. one is about 347. move for
adoption. Motion to adopt Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 347. All in favor say
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aye. Any oppose that motion will carry engrossing. We you Committee on Public
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Health to Miss For House was 1762 by Representative Hull, recommended to pass as amended number one. Let me
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ask you all this judiciary is not still meeting, are they? OK. Let's
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just hold for just a moment right here. Yeah.
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OK, Senate Judiciary adjourned, but I think they probably adjourned at like
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5:14, so let's give them a couple of minutes to walk up, so we're just gonna stay, we're just gonna stay sitting here. We're still Still active.
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Yeah. It distance.
First 3. And I
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Uh Senator, Senator Petty is going to be recognized. We're just going
to take these one at a time. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members, I'm asking that we suspend the rules to adopt the amendment. It's a Senate Amendment number 1 for HB 1762, so we can send it to engrossing and then get it to the end of the calendar today since it's a Senate amendment, it needs to get down to the
House tomorrow for it to be engrossed or concurred in, I mean, so I would make a motion that we suspend the rules to adopt the amendment so we could then send it to engrossing. And then I'll present the bill once it shows back up on the calendar. Today OK. All right, so the, just so that,
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so the motion is we're going to suspend the rules. Adopt the amendment, send it to engrossing. We're going to get with Senator Hester to make sure he's OK to stay open, which I'm
sure he will be. We need to figure out with staff how long it's going to take to get all this stuff
back. So that's OK. That is everyone, everyone understands the motion. Senator King, did I see you have a question
on the emotion? OK, it's, it's the agricultural and and industrial waste bill, and I'll explain it when it comes back. OK.
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All, all in favor, all in favor of the motion say aye, aye, any opposed, OK, send that, send that to grossing. No.
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Amendment 1, the House Bill 1762. Now you
move, I move for adoption of Amendment 1 on House Bill 1762. All, all in favor of
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the amendment. Say aye, aye. Any opposed? Now send that to engrossing. members adopted,
of course, send it to engrossing.
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I. Were your committee on gross bills to his far House Bill 1847 by uh Representative McClendon and Senator Payton ar the Grass copy of
the original and find same correctly engrossed calendar. And, we your Committee on Judiciary who was first sent
Bill 644 by Senator McKee recommend new pass. calendar. That's calendar. We Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill 1959 by Representative Brown recommend do pass calendar on the Judiciary to him was for hospital in 1967 by Representative Brown recommend Du pass challenge Committee on the Judiciary who was for House Bill 1884 by Representative Hudson, 1984 by Representative Hudson recommended new pass calendar.
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Good. OK, y'all listen up. Senator Key's got a couple of motions. He'll do them one at a time, of course. Remember as I move
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that we recall Senate Bill 596 for purposes of amendment. Recall it from the
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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house OK, y'all heard the motion all in favor say aye. And oppose?
Senator Matt McKee
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OK, that motion carries, and I also move that we suspend the rules in place Senate Bill 644,
which received a Du pass pass out of the judiciary this evening to the end of today's calendar.
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OK, does everybody understand that? OK, so y'all heard
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the motion to put the bill that passed out of, out of the Senate Judiciary. What we're gonna do is
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put it at the bottom of today's calendar. We may have 2 or 3 bills when it's over. We're trying to
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figure that out. So all in favor say aye. Can pose, OK, that motion carries. And
Hold on just a second. Senator McKee, do you mind coming back? We may have an issue. Just give me a minute to look at this.
They Yes. OK, members, Senator McKee is gonna make a, make a motion and I'll we'll explain it if we need to.
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OK, we, we need to put 644 on tomorrow's calendar because we can't do all the readings and everything in one day, so I'd make a motion we put it on the end of tomorrow or on tomorrow's calendar.
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It can't be read in all in one day, so all in favor, all in favor of the motion, say aye. Any oppose? That motion carries, so it'll be on tomorrow's calendar.
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And. OK we need. the bottom. was Yes
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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Leslie confirm that she got it. Yeah. OK, members, this is the thing we've got, it looks like we've
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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got 3 bills. We're going to have Senate Bill 347 by Senator Penzo and House Bill 1847. I don't remember who that who that was. That was Senator Payton's and
then the motion that Senator Petty made, we've got one in engrossing and whenever that gets back, he'll make a motion to either put it on the calendar and if you all agree to that, then we'll, we'll also hear that one. So right now we're gonna hear from Penzo uh Hold on a second, we
need to read some reports. Were your committee
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on a gross spills who was first Senate Bill 347 by Senator Penzo compared the gross copy of the original and find same correctly engrossed calendar on gross
bills to his for House Bill 1847 by Representative McLlendon and Senator Payton, President Gross copy of the original
and find sign correctly engrossed in that. You already have it. I I Really
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Yeah Yeah So. So I'll tell you what though, when we come back, we come back for. I.
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That so. from Roxanne. OK, Senator Penzo, you're a recognized to present Senate Bill 347. 347 by Central
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Pennzo and Representative Mayberry to hold on just a moment. We need uh We need the screen.
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huh? Hold on just a moment. That was my fault. I should have recognized that we
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weren't ready to go. OK. 347 to the
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Arkansas Medicaid program to increase reimbursement rates for certain dental services and to set an annual reimbursement cap for adult dental services. Senator Penzo, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr.
President. This amendment takes off, we, we had a 3-year stair step on this to where the first year was the 60th percentile, the 2nd year was 80th of the 50th percentile, and then the third year was 100% of the, the 50th percentile. What we did was get rid of the 2nd and 3rd year stair steps and just left it, uh, at the 60th percentile of uh or 60% of the 50th percent. out. So uh in an attempt to lower the fiscal impact on the
bill. Um, it also just uh from $500 to $1000 for adults with special needs, um, and I appreciate you all allowing us to bring this back to try to lower the fiscal impact on it. It's a I is there, is there any questions in regards to
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this bill, Senator Hickey. OK, I've got Senator Hammer first, then Senator Hester.
So the question I asked, and maybe Senator Hickey is about to weigh in on this. What, what's the, is the impact going from 24 million down to 7 now or what, what's the numbers?
So, so the uh yeah, the, the, the fiscal impact on on their for the first year on their fiscal impact was 6.9, and then the third year was 24.9, so we were getting rid of the 2nd and the 3rd year and attempt to get it back to the uh the 6.9, OK, and I, I mean, I'm for the bill. I just didn't want any surprises
with regard to RSA or or how those numbers are going to play into it no yield and maybe Senator Hickey or Senator Senator
is going to handle it. Thank you, Senator Hester, you're recognized. So Senator Penzo, this is a, wouldn't you agree that we had a bill that we understood the
fiscal impact to be one thing. It was significantly more when it went to the house. We recalled it with an attempt to decrease the fiscal impact, which would make it more tenable to pass in the Senate and House. Doesn't look like we were able to do that. We had an amendment. DHS is saying the fiscal impact
has not changed and it's still close to 23 million. This body can decide to send it
to the house or not. That's where we're at. That, that's where we're at, um, but I, let's kind of back up the, the initial fiscal impact on this bill, uh, was 2.4 million. The dentist said that's Doesn't cover it. It's more than that. Then the fiscal impact came in at almost 24 million. Um, then they're, they're saying that's too high. So I strip off
the 2nd and the 3rd years, uh, to get it back down to the 6.9 and DHS says it's higher than 6.9. They said it's still. Even, even amending it, it's still at the 23.9, um, but we don't have a formal fiscal impact from this time. So it doesn't make sense to me that by removing the 2nd and the 3rd year stair step, it's still 24 million, um, but uh that's, that's what they're saying it had no impact on it by removing
the 80% and the uh 100% increases and moving it from 500 to 50. 100 and all we did was move it from 500 to 1000, so I'm confused on how the fiscal impact has not moved with the amendment, but that's what, what Senator Hester said is, is kind of where it's at right now. Um. So I think You know, like I said, the amendment
was to put it at the Back to the 6.9, but
DHS disagrees right now, so I don't know if we let them get a, get a formal fiscal impact on it and uh for the House committee or That's what I'm asking because kind of a shotgun, you, you, you trim up the, the bill and cut a lot out of it, and they're saying the fiscal impact wouldn't addressed any, so I don't, I don't see the logic in that. Appreciate a good vote unless there's any other questions.
Are there any other questions that Senator Penzo?
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Any member want to speak against the bill. Any member who wants to speak for the bill, Senator Penzo, are you closed? OK, any objection to rolling the vote?
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Roll the vote. OK, in dismaying is present. Anyone else? Senator
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Irvin is present, sender are you gonna be non-voting?
Non-voting. Senator Irving, is that OK. Senator Hill is present, Senator Sullivan, did you indicate present? Senator English is present. Anyone
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else on this side, OK, on this side over here. for last. Um Senator Hill is what
Senator Alan Clark
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Senator Hill is a yes. Over on this side,
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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is there anybody? OK Hickey's a no. OK, anybody else? OK, cast up the ballot. OK, by vote of 29, 1 nay, one non-voting, 3 present, Senate Bill 347 is passed. Please transmit to the house.
the next one. Did you have something else on
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there sender Penzo or? Like a OK, the next one that we're
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gonna hear is House Bill 1847. 1847 by Senator Payton and Representative McAlinden to authorize
the Arkansas Racing Commission to maintain a statewide self-exclusion list. You recognize Senator Payton. Thank you, Mr. President, colleagues, appreciate your indulgence.
This has been hogtied, banded, branded, and tagged. It's time to turn it loose,
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slap it on the butt, and let it run. Anybody have a question of that? Are you sure?
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OK, anybody have any questions, Senator Peyton? OK. Anyone want to speak against the bill? Anyone
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want to speak for the bill? Any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. Members check the board and tell me if you want to change your vote. Senator King is non-voting anyone else.
Anyone else, OK? Cast up the ballot by a vote of 33, 0, nay, 1 non-voting. House Bill 1847 is is passed. Please return. There wasn't no amendment on that one, was there? Oh, that's right. Please return to the
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house. OK, give us just a minute and let's see whereiner Petty's is at. Senator Penny, you
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can come down. We have yours back. I think you're gonna have to make a motion to see if you can get a motion to put it on the bottom of the calendar and then we'll
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hear it, I think your committee on gross bills to as for House Bill 1762
by Representative Holland Senator Petty compared the gross copy of the original and find I correctly engrossed. Senator Petty,
you're recognized for the motion. Thank you, Mr. President. Members, I would make a motion that we suspend the rules to put this now that it's been engrossed at the bottom of the calendar. You heard the motion today.
Speaker 995
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Literally right now all in favor of this motion, say
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aye. Any oppose that motion carries and we'll have it let our secretary read it
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across and then you can present it. OK, 1762 bars in
Holland Centre Petty to require revocation of a permit for the disposal of industrial waste in an agricultural or pastoral
application for a certain number of violations. Senator Petty, sir,
you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. President. I don't have to tell you guys anything here, uh, agriculture is the leading industry in Arkansas. It's easily the backbone of our economy. It's supporting
industries like transportation, food processing, and retail, they create that multiplier effect. It's about a $16 billion direct impact and unfortunately with all the good that it contributes, we obviously have some byproducts like waste that come with it. This issue is or this bill is attempting to address an issue that we have there, and that's industrial waste, and along with that industrial waste in some situations comes with a very
unpleasant smell. Uh, but, uh, I'm not here to blame our people, the division departments. I'm not here to blame the contractor. I'm not even here to blame the industry that produces it, but I do want us to all understand that I believe Our people can do better. I believe that the contractors can do better, and I believe that the industry that contributes this without, without the industry that contributes to the economy, we wouldn't have this issue, we wouldn't have permits
for our divisions and departments to be issuing, we wouldn't have waste to be to be hauled, it would not be a problem, but our economy generates a lot of money, but it also generates a lot of these issues and so This bill is attempting to address, which is all we could hear, address two areas, which is in the areas of contractors and what our divisions specifically DEQ can do in terms of issuing these permits for
land application of this waste with that, I'll stop and ask for any if you have any questions, Senator Petty, excuse me, Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you. I was reading
the definition, it talks about agricultural or pastoral application. I looked up the definition. One is used for related to keeping or grazing of sheep and cattle. The second one is in the Christian church concerning appropriate, giving the spiritual guidance when you say giving off a bad smell,
you're not talking about pastors, are you? I am not talking about
pastors in this instance, but I think that, I think that bill may be one of the ones that we kind of mended out today. So we took the pastor's Completely out of the smell. I appreciate that. Thank you. Any other questions? OK,
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anyone else speak against this bill. Anyone want to speak for this bill? Are you closed? I am closed, and I would appreciate a good vote. OK, any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote.
OK. Members look at the screen and see if you want to change your vote. Senator Des is non-voting. Anyone else? How about on the left? Any anybody over here want to change their
vote? Everybody good? Cashed up the ballot. OK, by a vote of 33 ye, zero nays, 1 non-voting. House Bill 1762 is passed. Please return to the house. As amended.
OK. Oh, I'm sorry, Senator Hester is recognized. Well, members, We've got one left, Senate Bill 596. The problem is
we've, we've recalled it from the house, but we didn't get it. So they're gonna come back in at 6:30. Uh, I know that, well, that's what I'm about to ask if, if we're going to wait, they'll come in at 6:30, they'll vote to send it back. We'll get it at roughly 7 o'clock and we could
take action on it. Um, that, that, that's, that's where we're at. Uh, it will take 24, um, Senator McKee's energy bill, Senate Bill 596. So if,
if you, you know, if the chair would give us a few minutes to talk amongst ourselves. Yeah, we, we'll
Speaker 999
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just, uh, let's say that we're gonna go into recess for 5 minutes. OK.
Unknown speaker
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Right, so we're in recess for 5 minutes.
Speaker 642
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And. A members, members, members. If y'all don't
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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listen to Senator Hester, he's going to make a motion. It's very important here because of what we're gonna do. So
we're gonna recognize cinder history for motion. You're right.
My, my mistake again, that's the 3rd time today. OK, we're back, we're back from
recess. I'm going to recognize Senator Hester. The South No, you, this time of. So members, here's what's going to be the ask. Um, I'm, I'm going to ask to recess until 7:15 for the purposes of addressing one bill, amending it, engrossing it, and passing it out. So that'd be
Senate Bill 596, which is an energy-related bill for Senator McKee. So that's, that's my motion, the body will decide if we're gonna, you know, judiciary can go back into committee, finish work they've got to have, uh, but that's, that's the ask in the body. We can decide what we, what we want to do. So my motion is that we recess until 7:15 for the purposes of addressing one bill, Senate
Bill 596, whatever it takes with 596, um, to, to get it back to the house.
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OK, yeah, right, I'm gonna recognize Cinerhammer first as per per question. The necessity to do it tonight is
for the purpose of timing in order to be able to get it back to the house and then be able to take care of it. I just want to clarify that's that's it. If if we don't pass
tonight and send it down to the committee because they haven't suspended their rules, the bills, the bill's dead, you know, it's a member that's, I mean, they diligently worked on this bill the entire
session. It wasn't like they dropped it last week. I mean the entire session has been working on it, right? OK,
Senator Ricky Hill
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thank you. Senator Hill, you're recognized. Senator Hester, can we go ahead and suspend the rules now? Um,
I think we could suspend the rules now, but we can't actually take a vote on the on the on the bill, but if we want to go ahead and suspend the rules and suspend the rules now because it takes 24. OK, well, I, uh,
Do I get a head nod yes or no?
the rules now suspended rules for the remainder of the session. So we can go back. OK, so, so I, I'm gonna, I'm gonna withdraw my original motion.
I'm going to make a motion to go ahead and suspend the rules to be able to hear Senate Bill 596, uh, so that it can be amended and then put on our calendar today. So any members that don't want to come back, you know, it would just
take either roll it or it'll take 18 to pass it when we come back at 7:15. So my motion is right now to suspend the rules to hear Senate Bill
59. 6 on our floor for purposes of amendment, getting it engrossed and then hearing it on our floor, on our calendar today. OK, and I
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want to make sure that I'm doing this right. So
the motion is he does this, I've got to hear 24 votes. If I don't hear 24 votes, then they don't pass. So everybody be clear of
this. So going to send her Hester's motion, all in favor say aye.
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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Any oppose. I heard 24. Sounds like I heard 35. Maybe 36, I don't know.
OK, Senator Hester, now my motion would be that we recess until 7:15 to uh
to take up Senate Bill 596, assuming it is recalled by the House at that time. You all heard Senator Hester's motion, all
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in favor say aye. He oppose. OK, that motion
carries. So anything else before we go into recess. And right Right I. That's
Speaker 999
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So There's the Mao. OK, everyone, we're, we're not, we're not in recess yet, Senator.
Judiciary's meeting now. All right, judiciary members judiciary meeting, what room are you meeting in
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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so we can Judiciary meeting in room 171. Any other announcements? OK, we're in recess to 7:15 this evening.
Speaker 930
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OK, we're back into session, uh, from a recess. These are things to be
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read across the desk? Were your Committee on the Judiciary to household in 1916 by Represent Bentley recommend Du pass. Calendar calendar Committee on the Judiciary to
Speaker 386
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him is Ferd Haspel, 1975 by Representative Gra recommend New past calendar. we can
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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came back for it's kind of a
long list of motions and things to do, so I'm we're just gonna kind of go through it if anybody has any
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questions, we'll stop and explain it. So, uh, Senator McKee, I believe you're going to be, you're here for because we withdrew Senate Bill 596 from the House, and I believe your first motion that you've indicated to me is that you want
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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to expand expunge the passage of 596, correct? OK, so that's the motion to expunge the passage of 596, all in favor say aye. And he oppose? OK, here and none that motion carries. Now, now there's not going to be a vote on this, but you want to withdraw your amendment
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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2, correct? So if you don't mind stating that, please withdraw Amendment 2. OK, that is done and then what we're going to do is we need to make a motion to put
on 2nd reading for a purpose of Amendment number 3.
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I make a motion that we put this on
Speaker 1011
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2nd reading for purpose of amendment number 33, Amendment 3 to Senate
Speaker 800
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Bill 596. OK, I guess I need you to explain it.
Speaker 1013
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You're recognized to explain your amendment. So this amendment simply took care of some concerns
Speaker 971
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that some utilities had. OK, are there any questions of uh Senator McKee on that?
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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OK. Uh, all in favor of the amendment, say aye. OK, so now
it's passed, so we'll send it to engrossing, and it probably should take 5 to 10 minutes. We're just going to stay active and if there's any
Speaker 1014
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other, anybody else that needs doing business, then
Speaker 1015
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you can come down. Yeah, all the calendar. Not the passage of
Chair
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Senate Bill 313 by the house as amended. Calendar calendar. Not the passage of Senate Bill
Speaker 849
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443 from the House as amended calendars a passage of Senate Bill 546 from the House as amended.
Chair
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for all being around. Symbol 72 returned from the house as passed it. That's the passage of symbi 92 by the House has passed roll it. That's the passage of Senate Bill 420 from the House has passed it. That's the passage of
Senate Bill 439 from the House roll it. That's the passage of Senate Bill 475 from the house. roll it. No, it's a passage from the house of symbol 508 roll it. That's a passage Senate Bill 516 by the Houseroll it. That's the passage of Bill 520 from the House roll it's a passage of Bill 521 from the House roll it's a passage 527 from the house. Not the passage of 544 from the House. That's the passage of Senate Bill 551 from the House
passage of Senate Bill 563 from the house and it's a passage you sent 573 from the house. roll it's the passage of Bill 578 from the House roll the passage of Senate Bill 5. 84 from the house and roll it. No surpasses of Senate Bill 610 from the House. OK.
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Speaker 902
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OK, members, there's something to read across the desk. We don't need to ga we're still alive. Will
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your committee on gross bills who was first in Bill 596 by Senator McKee compared to the gross copy of the ritual find same correctly engrossed alendar. Senator McKee. not Yeah am I doing now? Motion to
Senator Matt McKee
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adopt. Is that what I'm doing now? I don't know what
Speaker 971
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I'm doing. OK And Motion to adopt. What's my motion? motion to consider 596. OK, all in favor of
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the motion, say ah. Any oppose Send 596 by Senator McKee to amend the law regarding energy to establish a state energy policy to regulate retirement of
dispatchable electric generation facilities and declare an emergency. Senator McKee, you're recognized. Members, I
Senator Matt McKee
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want to thank you for sticking this out with me and, you know, to commemorate that, I have a very long story I'd like to tell you. No members we, we handled some of the utilities' concerns and made it a better bill. Appreciate
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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a good vote. OK, anybody have any questions of Senator McKee, Senator Hill, you're recognized.
Senator Ricky Hill
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Senator McKee, what do we do to make this bill better? to give
Senator Matt McKee
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us elaborate on this farce. Well, number one, we directly stated in the bill that this only applies to dispatchable plants that are located in the state of Arkansas, and number 2, we said that the language in the last section that dealt with the retirement of dispatchable assets doesn't include assets that are currently covered by existing consent decrees or judicial orders. OK. Any other questions of
Chair (Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr)
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Senator McKee, uh, Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized, sir. Thank you, Mr. President.
Senator McKee has the president issued any executive orders on this subject matter at all. He has. He's issued 3 or 4 of
Senator Matt McKee
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them, and I think that they will be very helpful in ensuring that Arkansas has dispatchable reliable power, not just Arkansas, but states around the country, but there's nothing contradictory about your bill and the
president's executive orders. They're complimentary. They are definitely complementary. We are, we're flying on the same horse. OK,
Speaker 856
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thank you, Senator. Thank you, Mr. President. Yes sir. Any other questions of Senator McKee. Anyone want to
Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr
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speak against the bill. Anyone want to speak for the bill, Senator McKee, are you closed? Senator McKee is closed. Is there any objection to rolling the vote? Please roll the vote. OK, members. Anyone want
to change their vote on this she's on. OK, anyone, anyone want change
their vote. OK, cast up the ballot. With a vote of 34 yeah zero nays, Senate Bill 596 with its corresponding emergency clause is passed, uh please uh transmit to the house. I And Senator Hester is telling me that we're going to come in at 1:00 p.m.
tomorrow, so, uh, with that, we're gonna, we're gonna be a germ subject to the clearing of the desk.
Agenda
Call to Order
Roll Call
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Introductions of Senate Pages
Announcements
Senator Bart Hester. Motion to suspend the rule for any Senate bill amended to go immediately to the Senate floor
Doctor of the Day
Announcements
Items to be Read Across the Desk
RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD READING AND ADOPTION
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SR47 C. Tucker TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY BELLES GOLF TEAM AS THE CLASS 6A STATE CHAMPIONS.
SR60 Dees TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LIONS WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONS.
SR65 C. Tucker TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS'S ENGAGING THE JUSTICE COUNTS METRICS AND TO URGE POLICYMAKERS THROUGHOUT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO IMPLEMENT AND UTILIZE THE JUSTICE COUNTS METRICS.
SR71 J. Dismang REQUESTING THAT SENATOR DISMANG BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 15 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
SR73 B. King REQUESTING THAT SENATOR KING BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 6 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD READING AND PASSAGE
HJR1018 Ray Payton THE CITIZENS ONLY VOTING AMENDMENT.
SB343 #1 Irvin Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC PROPERTY; AND TO AMEND THE AUTOMOBILE AND PICKUP TRUCK ACQUISITION ACT FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
SB367 #1 Irvin Irvin TO REPEAL THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR POLLUTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES ACT; AND TO REPEAL THE SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SB374 #1 B. Davis Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
SB523 #1 Irvin Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE CLUB BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
HB1865 - TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST A CHILD. moved to second reading for purpose of amendment
SENATE BILLS FOR THIRD READING AND PASSAGE
SB569 M. Johnson AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION CONCERNING BALLOT TITLES OF PROPOSED MEASURES; AND AMENDING THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, SECTION 1.
HOUSE BILLS FOR THIRD READING AND PASSAGE
HB1003 House Management Hammer AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
HB1142 A. Brown Dotson TO CREATE THE REPRODUCTIVE EMPOWERMENT AND SUPPORT THROUGH OPTIMAL RESTORATION (RESTORE) ACT.
HB1185 L. Johnson Penzo TO ADOPT THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.
HB1187 Vaught Payton TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS.
HB1285 L. Johnson Boyd TO ESTABLISH AN EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE'S OPERATORS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
SENATE BILLS TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS
HB1428 Steimel Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC LODGING; AND TO PROVIDE A BED HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR MOBILITY ACCESSIBLE ROOMS.
HB1433 K. Moore Irvin TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS EXECUTING OR SERVING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION TO SERVE ANY OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL WARRANTS RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR OFFENSES INVOLVING THE PETITIONER AS THE VICTIM.
HB1439 Ladyman Flippo TO REMOVE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM LICENSURE AS A PRIVATE CARE AGENCY.
HB1456 Rose Hill TO AMEND THE STATE KIDNEY DISEASE COMMISSION TO BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
HB1458 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CREDENTIALING INFORMATION" WHEN THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD IS PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CREDENTIALING ORGANIZATIONS.
HB1529 S. Meeks Penzo TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL.
HB1537 Ladyman Dees TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
HB1580 Gramlich Petty TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHEN OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED.
Motion to suspend the rules to adopt HB1762
HB1585 L. Johnson Hammer TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FROM LICENSURE AS A HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICE TO AN ENTITY THAT SOLELY PROVIDES THERAPY SERVICES THAT ARE NOT REIMBURSED BY MEDICARE PART A.
HB1627 Barnett Murdock TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF; AND TO REQUIRE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS CONCERNING CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OFFERED UNDER ARKANSAS LAW.
HB1646 McGrew McKee TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA.
HB1662 B. McKenzie B. Johnson TO PROHIBIT LOBBYING FOR A COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY.
Motion to expunge the vote HB1662
HB1672 McCollum Boyd TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION IN ARKANSAS.
HB1680 Vaught B. Johnson TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUSINESS FROM LEASING LAND; AND TO PROHIBIT A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY FROM HOLDING AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY OR AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
HB1730 M. Brown Bryant TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF WHOLESALE PERMITS.
HB1764 Underwood Bryant AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION.
HB1767 L. Johnson Irvin TO ABOLISH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL; AND TO CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HB1768 Lundstrum Irvin TO REQUIRE A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CONTRACT RELATING TO A HOST FEE TO BE VOTED ON AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF A HOST COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE LANDFILL IS LOCATED.
HB1783 Clowney Petty TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS TO A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS.
HB1786 Brooks Bryant TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY FOR A TUITION BENEFIT TO SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD ATTENDING CERTAIN PRIVATE TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
HB1793 Duke Dees TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
HB1805 Childress Hammer TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BULLYING"; AND TO CREATE A PROCESS WHEREBY A PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY CONDUCT MULTIPLE, SIMULTANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SAME ALLEGATION OF BULLYING UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
HB1809 Warren McKee TO ALLOW FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY A TRUST OR A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TO QUALIFY AS A HOMESTEAD FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
HB1817 L. Johnson Boyd TO ESTABLISH ELIJAH'S LAW IN ARKANSAS; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE ANAPHYLAXIS POLICY FOR CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
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HB1826 Bentley Wallace TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR DELIVERY OF A NEWBORN IN A LICENSED BIRTHING CENTER.
HB1833 M. Shepherd Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
HB1850 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICES; TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM ALLOWABLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB1855 Ennett Hammer TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
HB1863 L. Johnson Irvin TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB1869 L. Johnson Irvin TO CREATE THE MATERNAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO ORGANIZE MATERNAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
HB1870 Wing McKee CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS; AND TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROVIDE A VOTER REGISTRATION LIST TO FEDERAL COURTS.
HB1875 Tosh Crowell TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE MANDATORY PERIOD FOR THE USE OF AN IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.
HB1893 M. Brown Hammer TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; AND TO REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RELATED TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.
HB1895 Dalby Tucker TO ALLOW A CORPORATION OR VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION TO EMPLOY IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT AFFILIATES OF THE CORPORATION OR VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION.
HB1898 Painter Crowell TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO BE DESIGNATED AS AGENTS
.HB1901 Milligan TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES.
HB1902 Milligan Crowell TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AND BOND; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A LOST, BURNED, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
HB1921 Torres Dees TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; TO AMEND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR FOSTER PARENTS; AND TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF TRAINING AND CERTIFYING RELATIVES AS FOSTER PARENTS.
HB1922 Maddox Dismang TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003; TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR RELOCATING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO THIS STATE; AND TO ENCOURAGE CORPORATIONS TO RELOCATE TO ARKANSAS.
HB1923 Maddox Hester TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ACT; Crowell TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PASSPORT FEES COLLECTED BY COUNTY PASSPORT ACCEPTANCE FACILITIES. AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NATURAL STATE INITIATIVE OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
HB1928 M. Brown Crowell TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SOIL NUTRIENT APPLICATION AND POULTRY LITTER UTILIZATION ACT.
HB1929 McAlindon Dotson TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING THE TERM "WEST BANK" IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MATERIALS.
HB1937 Jean Caldwell TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL RIGHTS UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § 5; AND TO CLARIFY THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR OIL AND GAS WELL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT.
Hester Motion to recall SB347 from House for amendment
Hester Motion to recall HB1847 from House
HB1938 Joey Carr English TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
Senator Dismang moves to suspend rules to move SJR 15 move to end of page 6
Senator Dismang moves to move SJR 15 move to end of page 6
HB1939 Joey Carr English TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; AND TO AMEND SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MERIT TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM.
HB1941 Joey Carr English CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST TEACHERS.
HB1943 L. Johnson Davis TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; TO IMPROVE THE ENROLLMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS IN RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; AND TO EMPOWER BENEFICIARIES WITH INFORMATION.
HB1954 Andrews Irvin TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT; AND TO INCLUDE QUALIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS UNDER THE ARKANSAS BEHAVIOR ANALYST REGISTRATION ACT.
HB1964 Brooks Clark TO MOVE THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION AND THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB1965 McCullough Hammer TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL ACT OF 2025; AND TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HEALTHY FOOD RETAILERS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
SJR15 Dismang A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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HB1063 J. Mayberry Crowell TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "DISABILITY CERTIFICATION" AND "ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL" TO CHANGE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY-SIX.
HB1085 K. Brown English TO ADOPT FEDERAL LAW CONCERNING TAX-DEFERRED TUITION SAVINGS PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND THE INCOME TAX LIABILITY FOR ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AN ARKANSAS BRIGHTER FUTURE FUND PLAN TO A ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
HB1290 L. Johnson Boyd TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS SUPPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMINATIONS ACT.
HB1491 Wardlaw Dismang CONCERNING THE EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN BEER AND SAKE; TO CREATE AN EXCISE TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN BEER AND SAKE PRODUCED USING ARKANSAS RICE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
HB1562 Gazaway Caldwell CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEASE OF FARMLANDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NOTICE OF TERMINATION.
HB1685 Underwood Hester TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19 OF 1958; AND TO EXEMPT GROCERIES FROM STATE SALES AND USE TAXES.
Sentor Hester Motion to Remove Sen. Flowers from Leave
HB1706 McCollum Hester TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
HB1732 Vaught Leding TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION ALLOWED FOR A TEACHER'S CLASSROOM INVESTMENT.
HB1739 M. Brown Dees TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIALS ACT.
HB1807 Eaves Payton TO AMEND THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT HELD FOR RESALE AND USED FOR RENTAL OR CHARTER; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT HELD FOR RESALE AND USED FOR RENTAL OR CHARTER.
HB1837 McAlindon Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.
HB1853 J. Moore Penzo TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AGENCY RELATIONSHIP AND DUTIES RELATED TO REAL ESTATE LICENSES; AND TO CLARIFY THE OBLIGATIONS OF DUAL AGENCY.
HB1894 Beaty Jr. Gilmore TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OF VALUATION FOR REAL PROPERTY USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OF VALUATION FOR CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § 5.
HB1917 M. Shepherd Hester TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING.
Hester Motion to Expunge vote by which HB1917 failed
Revote HB1917 - Sen. Hester
HB1918 McAlindon Dotson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A BULLION DEPOSITORY; AND TO ALLOW FOR A PRECIOUS METALS-BACKED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
HB1925 Beaty Jr. Gilmore AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTER STATEMENT; AND TO REQUIRE A WITNESS FOR THE SIGNATURE OF AN ABSENTEE VOTER STATEMENT.
HB1935 Eaves Gilmore TO CREATE A MODERNIZATION AND AUTOMATION TAX CREDIT TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT BY EXISTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE STATE.
HB1942 L. Johnson Davis TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WITHIN RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.
HB1960 Wardlaw Stone TO PROVIDE THAT THE LESSEE OF A LEASED MOTOR VEHICLE IS THE OWNER FOR PURPOSES OF THE ASSESSMENT AND PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES ON CERTAIN TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
HB1976 Nazarenko Dotson CONCERNING VERTIPORTS; AND TO CREATE THE OPEN ACCESS TO PUBLIC-USE VERTIPORTS ACT.
HB1983 Eubanks Stubblefield TO AMEND ACTS 1973, NO. 167, § 4, CONCERNING THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE WESTARK AREA COUNCIL, INC., BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
HB1865 Gilmore TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST A CHILD.
Davis Motion to suspend rules to add SB622 to calendar
SB622 Davis TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON A TIRE RETAILER FROM CHARGING OTHER FEES TO A PERSON WHO PURCHASES THE SERVICE OF REMOVAL OF A TIRE FROM A RIM.
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SB347 Mayberry Penzo TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL SERVICES AND TO SET AN ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR ADULT DENTAL SERVICES.
Senator Clint Penzo - Motion to Expunge vote by which SB347 passed
Senator Clint Penzo: Motion to send SB347 & amendment #1 to Public Health Committee
Senator Clint Penzo: Motion to consider bill on Floor following Committee meeting
HB1847 McAlindon Payton TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS RACING COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE SELF-EXCLUSION LIST.
Senator John Payton Motion to expunge vote by which HB1847 passed
Motion to suspend rules to rescind amendment # 1, and send to engrossing
Motion to recall HB
Motion to place SB644 on tomorrow's calendar
Motion to
Motion to suspend the rule for HB1762 to hear at the bottom of the calendar
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SB596 - Sen. McKee: Motion to Expunge vote by which SB596 passed
SB596 - Sen. McKee: Motion to put on second reading for purpose of amendment
SB596 - Sen. McKee: Motion to place on today's calendar for consideration
SB596 TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ENERGY; TO ESTABLISH A STATE ENERGY POLICY; TO REGULATE RETIREMENT OF DISPATCHABLE ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Budget Bills to be Amended
SB54 #2 AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
SB67 #2 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Budget Bills and their Emergency Clauses to be considered which have been introduced by Joint Budget Committee
HB1106 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
HB1126 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Budget Bills and their Emergency Clauses to be considered which have been introduced by Senators
SB362 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANTS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Items to be read across the desk
Announcements - Sen. Hester: Convene at 1:00 2/15/2025
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