City, County & Local Affairs Committee - Senate
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Bills discussed (10)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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HB1991
Act 1020
· 4 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HB1991 Childress TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO A RE…”
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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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HB1995
Act 985
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1995 Bentley TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTO…”
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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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HB1686
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…CTRIC GRID BY BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS AND DIGITAL ASSET MINING. HB1686 Childress TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CON…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. | Childress | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB10
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. SB10 B. King TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND TO REGULATE THE IMPACT ON … | B. King | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB399
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…ND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. SB399 G. TO CREATE THE ANTI-ATF COMMANDEERING ACT; AND TO PROHIBI…”
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TO CREATE THE ANTI-ATF COMMANDEERING ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF MATERIAL AID AND … | G. Stubblefield | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB518
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…L AID AND SUPPORT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS. SB518 Hester TO PROHIBIT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM ENACTING REGULAT…”
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TO PROHIBIT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM ENACTING REGULATIONS IN A FLOOD-PRONE AREA THAT ARE MORE … | Hester | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB531
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. SB531 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING; A…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO CONTRACT WITH … | K. Hammer | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB588
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…CIPAL BOUNDARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. SB588 C. Penzo TO ESTABLISH A WINERY PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT. Notice:…”
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TO ESTABLISH A WINERY PRIVATE CLUB PERMIT. | C. Penzo | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB60
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…THAT CONVEYS REAL PROPERTY OR AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY. SB60 Hill TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING…”
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TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF … | Hill | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB69
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…TOR IN PERRY COUNTY. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle SB69 A. Clark CONCERNING THE RECORDATION AND FILING OF A DEED OR…”
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CONCERNING THE RECORDATION AND FILING OF A DEED OR OTHER INSTRUMENT THAT CONVEYS REAL PROPERTY … | A. Clark | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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Senator Gary Stubblefield
Unverified
0:00
I'll go ahead and call this meeting of City, County, and Local Senate to order. The first item on the agenda, we're going to go with this short bill that Senator Rice has got. Thank you, Mr. Chair, can I do it
Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
0:27
from this seat? You are recognized. Thank you. This is another one of the separate separation of sheriff and tax collector for Perry County.
One of my 10 counties, Representative Bentley, talked to them. They waited until late and got an emergency forum court meeting, got an agreement. Enter any questions. If not, I'd move for a due pass. All right. I think we've done about 10
Speaker 7
0:51
of these. So any discussion for the committee? Seeing no discussion, anyone from the audience who wants to speak for gets a bill. Seeing none, we have a motion. Senator Rice, you closed for your bill. Closed. I have a motion. Do pass.
Senator Gary Stubblefield
Unverified
1:05
All right. We have a motion. Do pass. In a second, any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Bill passes. Senator Rice. Thank
you, Mr. Chair. Representative Childress. Representative Childress, recognize yourself.
Representative Paul Childress
Unverified
1:27
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Paul Childress, State Representative, District 83. Senators, what House Bill 1991 is, it's a bill to protect property owners' rights.
This bill adds an exemption to the current state fire code. The current fire code, and I had some handouts for you to kind of give you just a little bit of understanding of it. What the current fire code says, if a landowner only has one entrance into his property and he decides to sell it or develop it for a development, they can only have 30 houses in that development, no matter how big it is, without putting sprinkler systems in each house. We've done a little research on sprinkler systems, and they can cost up to about $6 a square foot for a sprinkler system to go into a house.
Currently, this bill is not really, this law is not really being enforced unless somebody calls the fire marshal. And then if somebody calls him, then he goes out and says, oh, you only got one entrance. You have to stop construction or you have to get a second easement. And what we have a lot of times in western Saline County is you'll have road frontage. It's been there forever. But you'll have a 40-foot easement going into a track of land that your family's on forever. But behind it is private land and private land and private land.
And there's no way to get a second entrance. So what we did, we created this bill, and this bill will allow landowners to put more than 30 houses on their land without sprinklers or without a second entrance. It will exclude any land inside of city limits. It will only deal with rural property. I have a couple witnesses here, Mr. Chairman, if you think you all would like to hear from them. One of them is a real estate agent, and one of them is a home builder to talk about kind of what they're seeing around central Arkansas. All right,
Senator Gary Stubblefield
Unverified
3:12
let's go in and take a quick, Senator Rice, you have a question from the committee.
Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
3:17
I was going to say, is there anybody signed up against this bill? No, no. I have a motion at the
Senator Gary Stubblefield
Unverified
3:23
proper time. All right. We have a motion. First of all, anyone wants to speak for or against the bill in the audience? Seeing none, we have a motion at the proper time. We have a second. My motion is due pass. Any discussion? He needs to close for his bill.
Speaker 17
3:43
Huh? He needs to close for his bill. Yeah.
Speaker 7
3:48
Mr. Representative Childers, you want to go ahead and
Representative Paul Childress
Unverified
3:50
close for your bill? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm closed for the bill. The County Judges Association, they support this bill. They see the importance of growth in their counties, and they support this bill. With that, I'm closed.
Senator Gary Stubblefield
Unverified
4:02
Okay. Seeing none, you're closed for your bill. Chair would entertain a motion. Have the motion to pass? second. Any discussion? All
those in favor say aye. All opposed? Bill passes. Mr. Chilvers, thank you. Thank you,
Mr. Chairman of the committee. Committee? I've seen no more.
There ain't no more here. We're adjourned. Thank you.
Agenda
CALL TO ORDER
REGULAR AGENDA
HB1991 Childress TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
HB1995 Bentley TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN PERRY COUNTY.
ADJOURNED
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
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| Agenda — CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE, Apr 14, 2025 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Senator Gary Stubblefield
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Senator Terry Rice
Unverified
Speaker 7
Representative Paul Childress
Unverified
Speaker 17