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HB1476
Act 675
· 4 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HB1476 B. McKenzie TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR A…”
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TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT … | B. McKenzie | Notification that HB1476 is now Act 675 |
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HB1455
Act 500
· 3 mentions in agenda, chapter, transcript
Matched: “…FOR OTHER PURPOSES. REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1455 Pilkington TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE CLUBS TO PURCHASE C…”
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TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE CLUBS TO PURCHASE CERTAIN PRODUCTS DIRECTLY FROM A SMALL BREWERY PERMIT … | Pilkington | Notification that HB1455 is now Act 500 |
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HB1192
· 2 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1192 Pilkington TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO, TOBACCO P…”
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TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND E-CIGARETTES BY STUDENTS; AND TO REQUIRE … | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1491
Act 874
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…t McKenzie RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1491 Wardlaw CONCERNING THE EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN BEER AND SAKE;…”
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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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HB1573
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1573 Ladyman TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJE…”
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TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF … | Ladyman | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1578
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1578 Pilkington TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS HEMP BEVERAGE ACT.”
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TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS HEMP BEVERAGE ACT. | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1626
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…S TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR E-CIGARETTES TO PAY A FINE. HB1626 Duffield TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF DISPOSAL VAPOR PRODUCTS FR…”
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TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF DISPOSAL VAPOR PRODUCTS FROM A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY. | Duffield | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1722
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1722 J. Moore TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF HEMP-DERIVED PROD…”
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TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS BY THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL BOARD; TO … | J. Moore | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1730
Act 830
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…OF DISPOSAL VAPOR PRODUCTS FROM A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY. HB1730 M. Brown TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AND TRAN…”
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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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HB1847
Act 798
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA. HB1847 McAlindon TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS RACING COMMISSION TO MA…”
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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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SB252
Act 590
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB252 J. Dismang TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF HEALTH RISKS CAUSED BY V…”
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TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF HEALTH RISKS CAUSED BY VAPOR PRODUCTS AND E-LIQUID PRODUCTS; AND … | J. Dismang | Notification that SB252 is now Act 590 |
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SB305
Act 491
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB305 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA…”
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TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA. | C. Penzo | Notification that SB305 is now Act 491 |
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SB365
Act 488
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF WHOLESALE PERMITS. SB365 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHOR…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF THREE SMALL BREWERY … | J. Bryant | Notification that SB365 is now Act 488 |
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HB1143
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…Y OF ARKANSAS YOUTH. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1143 Wooten TO AMEND THE CHARITABLE BINGO AND RAFFLES ENABLING A…”
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TO AMEND THE CHARITABLE BINGO AND RAFFLES ENABLING ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT RAFFLES TO PROVIDE … | Wooten | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1445
· 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…District 45, uh, Johnson and Pope County, uh. Today I have House Bill 1445 act him in the law regarding private clubs authorize certai…”
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TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS. | B. McKenzie | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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Uh, Arkansas House is going into session at one o'clock, so we're going to meet till approximately 12:50 and then we will be A journey and heading over to session. Representative Pilkington, are you prepared to run House Bill 1455.
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
0:56
Representative Aaron Pilkington, District 45, uh, Johnson and Pope County, uh. Today I have House Bill 1445 act him in the law regarding private clubs authorize certain private clubs to purchase certain products directly from small brewer permit holders, uh, essentially this is a constituent driven bill. I have a, uh, farm that's actually, uh, just south of me, uh, called Preston Rose that decided to start a restaurant in partnership with the University of Ozarks, uh, in downtown Clarksville is part of our
downtown, uh, renovation project. Um, Part of it, though being is they are having to Essentially sell the beer that they're making themselves to a third party, um, and then buying it back from them at an exorbitant fee and then passing that on to the customers, making it a very expensive. Um, obviously, we want to make sure that we're keeping the three-tier system in impact, are keeping it intact as, as we can, but we just wanted to create a little caveat to where, and this is really the crux of the bill.
If there's a private club that's located in an entertainment district in an adjacent county, and they have an exclusive agreement. With that private club where they're only selling those products. So essentially they're giving up their ability to sell, you know, Bud Light, Miller Lite, things like that. They're only gonna sell the beer that they are making at that small brewery and no other, no other products that they're willing to give that up, they can have this exclusive agreement in which they, and it has to be an adjacent county and a private club, and, uh, uh, an entertainment district, they would be allowed to have this small brewery sell directly to
that private club. So it's very extremely narrowly tailored. Um, and, and I'm, and that's why I wrote it that way, because obviously, I understand these are important laws and um we're, we're just trying to though also at the same time help out this small business in my community and I think this is a good easy bill
to help them out, but not disrupt the uh apple cart. And so, uh, with that, uh, I appreciate a good vote. Members,
I want to bring to your attention that there's an impact.
Statement on your, on your desk regarding this bill. I guess I have one question, Representative. So we're, we're writing legislation to impact A single Business And how will this bill possibly impact the, the three-tier system or other things that are already in place as far as
how other private clubs operate and how other microbreweries operate, etc.
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
3:38
Sure, um, to me, I mean, like I said, I wrote this extremely narrow so that it would only affect, uh, private clubs that are doing exclusive agreements with those who hold a small brewery permits, so, uh, not, uh, not only as maybe a different brew permit like a microbrewery, uh, or things like that. Uh, yes, it's, it would affect one person that I'm aware of currently, but there may be situations in the future where if you do have a similar situation, uh, that, that they may be able to use this if it is a small
brewery permit holder, and that they meet all these criteria, uh, which, like I said, is very narrow, which I did that to not disrupt the three-tier system as much as possible, but you think about it, um, we already allow, uh, there to be up to 2 taprooms for other permit holders and so in in some ways, this is the feel of a taproom. It's just going under the name of a, of a private club. So, um,
And so we're just trying to In the, in the complex rules that we have around alcohol, just trying to create a path for
them to, to operate in a way that where they're within the correct realm of the law. What? Represent McKenzie, you recognize for
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
5:00
a question. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. So to that end, I mean, again, we're
writing state law, civil code that, that. Creates it so that currently one. One of these permit holders is
going to get this exemption is that or get this type of allowance. Is there any way? For that permit holder to, to get a one-off exemption from any uh governing authority.
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
5:22
No, there's not currently a way. I've been through this, uh, with, uh, ABC, um. Since, honestly, since they're this organization uh Inception, um, and while I said yes, it would apply to one currently that I know of. I mean, there could arise a situation in the future where it would apply to someone else who met these very specific standards. Um.
And so, um. You know it's it, it could affect more later on, but as of right now there's only one, but like I said, there's no way for them currently to navigate this path. And like I said, I mean, the idea too is you're also giving something up as well, right? I mean, they're not able to sell certain products that they would have been if they, they, they kept to what it is. I mean, the reality, this is a farm to table restaurant that wants to make Arkansas brewed beer and be able to sell that beer at a reasonable price with these, with these meals. And,
um, and so they have a certain niche business that they would like to operate. in a way, but they're not currently able to do it because we have a system that that penalizes that. And so they're saying, listen, we're, we're willing to go to those higher margins like Michelob Ultra, Miller, like things like that because that's not what our business is about. It's not about selling beer. It's about farm to table restaurants in which we are producing the food you eat and the beverages you drink here in Arkansas. Thank you. Any other questions?
Representative Carol Dalby
Unverified
6:44
Representative Darby, you recognized for a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm having a maybe it's because I've set on rules for a long time, um, Seems like if not last session, 2 sessions ago, some point in time we passed out of here and it passed as I recall and became law that um and this was coming out of Mina, if I recall, in which they didn't have to use some third party to deliver their
Craft beer and they wanted to deliver it in there. And so why can they not just use that law? Why are we having to craft a special law for one person or 11 entity that when it's, as I recall. These small craft breweries we were allowing them to deliver their beer without having to go through a distributor. I know that that passed on through. You know, I, uh, I, I think that would be a great question for
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
7:47
the director of ABC who, like I said, I've worked through. Uh The, the previous director and the current director to try to find a solution that did not require me to bring legislation to fix this problem, but as I understand right now, that those laws do not currently apply to, uh, the permit holder in the private club. So, but, I think too, and, and I'm not sure how, I can't remember exactly what that law says, but we are going from one county to another and that may be the reason for the conflict, but I'd be happy to welcome ABC up here to answer that question.
Representative Darby, would you like to have somebody from ABC come to the table?
Representative Carol Dalby
Unverified
8:32
We can. I know we're on a limited amount of time, but it just seems like to me that we're carving. We're, we're drafting special legislation that may not really need to be drafted, but maybe I'm misunderstanding the question. So if ABC can Shed any light on it, that'd be great. Is there anyone from ABC
here? Could you please come to the table.
Identify yourself and you recognize the answer the question. Good afternoon, Christy Bjornsen,
Speaker 42
8:59
director of ABC. Um, I was, I'm sorry, I was whispering a little bit with the former ABC director about this. I'm unfamiliar with any time that we've allowed third-party delivery. So if, if there's clarification needed
Speaker 44
9:09
on the question, please hit me with it again. Well, as, as I recall and I see Dora Lee back there and
Representative Carol Dalby
Unverified
9:22
I'm not trying to bring her into the equation, but, but there was a, at some point with their last session or two sessions ago or 3 sessions ago at some point in time, uh, there was an issue about the small craft breweries were. to Go through a wholesaler to get their beer delivered to a restaurant or that kind of thing and we fixed it where they could deliver directly and so that my
question is, why can they not just do this to a what, what's keeping them from doing it to private club if they could do it to a restaurant or or some of the retail outlet and not have to go through a wholesaler because the issue was you only have wholesalers in certain areas of the state. Some of these are Isolated areas representative Pilkington is probably the closest wholesaler to him would be out of Fort Smith, um, and so we tried to make it where they could deliver it without going through a wholesaler, why can they not just deliver it this
way? Why would we have to go through all of these different, I guess I'm
just not understanding the law. It just seems like we're going through a lot of hoops
Speaker 42
10:33
for something, I think we already could do. You may be referencing um the law that was recently amended or, um, is in the process of being amended. third-party delivery. There were delivery options available for retail liquor stores if they used an employer or, I believe just an employee of their store to deliver those. So it may be that there was an interpretation
at some point at ABC that would allow a private
Speaker 44
10:57
club restaurant or private club permit holder to order from retail at a liquor store, those beverages and then have them delivered by an employee of the liquor store. I don't believe it was ever done through third party. though. Thank you. You're
excused. We have no one signed up to speak for or against this bill. Is there anyone in the audience that Sir, if you'll come to the table
and identify yourself, you recognize. My name is Robbie Vogel. I'm
Robbie Vogel
Unverified
11:42
a wholesaler here in the state of Arkansas. I think to answer your question succinctly in this instance, Beers being brewed in a wet county, and they're seeking to deliver it into a dry county.
So I think that might answer your questions succinct. Any other questions? Thank you, sir. You're excused. Just for full disclosure, the uh the adjacent county that represented a Pilkington is referring to as my county. And, but I'm not sure that we should be writing legislation that just directly impacts, uh, you know, a, a single business that's in a special circumstance. But having said that, uh, what is the will of the committee?
Oh, I'm sorry. Representative Pilkington, would you like to close for the
Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
12:34
bill? I would, I would like to close. Uh, thank you, uh, Chairman, and I try to keep your name out of it, so, um, but,
but yes, I mean, this, this does affect one business I can understand why there would be concern um, like I said, I wasn't trying to overturn the entire Apple cart, and that's why we also limited to one private club, not, you know, you could have a small brewer that had private clubs and, you know, 5 adjacent counties because we want to keep it pretty succinct. While it does affect one business, I think the hope is if we can see
That one successful business in rural Arkansas and Clarksville that's trying to revitalize their downtown can work, that maybe this will be something that uh small brewery permit holders can use later on.
And so, um, I would say I, I, I hope to pass this bill, uh, because, um, I, I think it's just the right thing to do for my constituents and um that I just asked to uh help me out. Appreciate it. Thank you. What's Willow committee? have a motion to pass. Is there any discussion on the motion?
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
13:40
The, the, the only discussion is that all of the fights that we're talking about, the, the driver sweat versus the different, all predates my
time in the legislature. I understand that a lot of legislators have come through and tried to lice comb this to make sure that nothing was out, was hanging over the margins. This hangs over the margins. The law is
an exact science. We now have a a producer in the state who produces in a wet county that wants to through the law that we created, sell their own product in a private club that our law allows, but it. being hung up and they, it's at
the detriment of the producer, the business owner, as well as the citizens that are visiting this rural place. So I appreciate it. I, I know that I wasn't here, but all of that work was painstaking. I've heard about it. We have a real example of it not working. So again, if this exception happens for this instance of a driver so
wet in River Valley, what's to say it's not gonna happen in North Central or Southeast or southwest. So I would appreciate a due pass because our laws create an issue for our citizens as they are. currently written. Thank you.
Any other discussion? Seeing none, we have a motion on the table of due pass, all in favor say aye opposed. Congratulations, your bill's passed. Thank you, thank you.
Uh, next up on our agenda is HB 1476, Representative McKenzie, I believe you have an amendment. Britt McKenzie, uh, House of
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
15:12
Representatives District 7, Rogers, Arkansas. You recognize to explain your
amendment. Uh, my bill, my amendment, but more importantly, this is the amendment that gets us, uh, to where our industries are very comfortable with, uh, what we're
trying to do here today. I would appreciate a uh a good vote and I make a motion to adopt the amendment. I have a
motion to adopt the amendment and a discussion on the motion. Seeing none all in favor say aye. I posed We've adopted the amendment. Now you're, you're recognized to explain the bill as amended.
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
15:44
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I want to be brief. I know we've got limited time, but this is a new subject matter and I want to make sure we afforded the right amount of time. Uh, so I'm here today to present House Bill 1476 is to amend the direct shipment of Venus Liquor Act, um, I'll go through the do and does not as quickly as I can. This creates a wine direct shipper license. It establishes a new license systems and allowing wineries and suppliers, um, to ship Venus liquor directly to Arkans. consumers. It requires licensees to apply for the wine direct shipper license with the uh with
the ABC division, and it sets fees at $50 for initial registration in 25 for annual renewal, which is commensurate with our current, um, shipment license or the existing wine direct shipper license, um, uh requirements. It replaces a previous registration system, uh, for wineries with the this license system that I talk about, um, it creates a, a very significant and very meaningful direct shipment re regulatory framework. Its limit shipment of uh one case per customer or per consumer per
calendar quarter up to 24 9 L cases annually, require shipment to be labeled with a warning package that package that contains alcohol and and that the package contains alcohol and requires a signature from someone, uh, age 21 or older. It prohibits shipment of to residents in dry counties or territories, uh, tax and reporting, obviously we have an excise tax on wine in the state of Arkansas. This does not change that. it continues that so that that excise tax goes into feed our small winery promotion board and thus we can continue the flywheel of opportunity for Arkansas, uh, growers and
producers, uh, mandates that wine direct ship shippers to collect sales tax and excise tax as if the sale occurred within Arkansas. It requires out of state licensees to report annual uh shipping volumes to the ABC division and comply with Arkansas tax law prohibits shipment without a license, which currently there are some bad actors that are operating. This creates a framework for them to be. regulated and for offenses, uh, offenses to be levied. Uh, grants the division the ability to suspend or revoke a license for violations of accepts and and accept fines in
lieu of uh suspensions, um, it clarifies prohibited activities, uh, explicitly states that entities without the direct shipping license cannot ship directly, uh, encourages promotion of our of our
our native wines through that promotion board and sets up a brand registry so that existing manufacturers that are selling certain, um, let's say, uh, More popular brands of wines or or labels of wines into the state aren't being duplicated for the purposes of direct to consumer and cutting out our three-tiered system and obfuscating the responsibility
of our existing liquor laws. Um, what this bill does
not do, we work tirelessly with industry to ensure good, good explanation and exemptions for this. It does not create a back door, um, to set up for those manufacturers to sell directly to consumers. It is not inhibit instate wine producers because most of this wine in this category is what we would consider. Fine wine, niche niche niche wine, organic or natural wine. Uh, it does not encourage under 8 or underage or illicit drinking. It does not inhibit that tax collection. It does not ship into dry counties, and it
does not conflict with current ABC or state statutes for wine distribution or sale. Uh, most importantly, why this bill matters. It, this bill modernizes Arkansas's direct shipment laws by creating a uniform licensing system for all entities that ship wine directly to consumers, expanding our consumer access while maintaining ing our control over tax, over compliance, tax collection and underage consumption. It also aligns with Arkansas law
with evolving trends in online wine sales and distribution. Um, just to put a button on this, again,
we, we have worked tirelessly with all of the wholesalers, distributors, and retail associations that we can that wanted a seat at the table so that we can make this, um, uh, the best law possible. Arkansas is one of 3, only 3 states that remain in the union. That don't allow for any direct shipment of wine. Um, I think that this brings us into the modern age as well as um puts the clamps on anything that we could see as a runaway problem with direct shipment of wine. So with that, I'm happy to take any questions. to make
Representative McKenzie, you recognize her question. Mac London. I'll be McAloon today. Um, so thank you, Chairman.
Representative Mindy McAlindon
Unverified
19:57
um, thank you for bringing this bill. I think it's, I think it's a good bill. I think it's a fair competitive bill, right? Opening up the markets and I like that. Just a couple of quick questions, just wanna clarify, um, you said when they deliver it.
21 or over has to receive it. It does not have to be the orderer. Is that correct? Just has to be signed by
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
20:15
someone. I don't know if you've ever bought anything, maybe you're on vacation or out of a different state, but, um, FedEx, UPS, DHL, they'll hold you hostage until you show them
Representative Mindy McAlindon
Unverified
20:23
that ID. Yeah. OK. Follow-up question. Your follow up. Thank you. And then when you talked about the wines that are coming in, it can be any wine. It does not have to be a
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
20:38
wine that is currently sold in Arkansas. Is that or distributed in Arkansas, is that correct? a registration, so I, I, I
know folks in the back could probably speak this way better than I, um. So let's take an example of a readily available uh uh label like a decoy or like a Naomi. Those are registered um through our distributors as you know, working with that manufacturer
and a licensing agreement, um, those wines would not be readily available for direct to consumer. Again, it's going to fall to um mass market represents 90% of, of, you know, what people consume and are readily available. This is gonna represent really that underlying 10%, things that people enjoy, small, uh, small uh distribution wineries, um. And, and, and that's actually a good point to talk about this. I think this is a, is a good bill for Arkansas because uh I don't, I don't have a lot of sympathy for the alcohol industry in terms of um what was me or getting there, getting their feet underneath them, but if we
think about a small producer in Sonoma Valley or, or in Oregon, um, it's, it is tough to get your product available for market and then, uh, uh, appreciable or or something that distributors want to bring in. Spend the, the, the exorbitant cost to bring into a state. In Arkansas, and I hate to say it, and these guys may not appreciate it, we get kind of, we're kind of hind runt when it comes to some of the allocations of of fine wines or liquors, um, and those relationships go back far, far, far further than, than I can attest to, but it has a lot to
do with the fact that our counties are wet versus dry. You think about allocations of fine wines and, and uh spirits into states like Texas or Kentucky, those don't exist. They have, you know, they kind of get 1st, 1st dab. Um, with this bill, that small winery in Oregon is hopefully going to increase their production. They're going to increase their sales, they're going to have that capital ready so that they can become a larger um outfit that produces more product that then is attracted by these guys that sit against the back of the room. Um, then they can grab those brands and say that we're gonna have the exclusive right to distribute
these products, thus go on to that brand registry, thus not be able to be direct shipped. So I think it's a good economic flywheel. Thank
you. Represented Dumpfield, you're recognized for a question.
Representative Matt Duffield
Unverified
22:43
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative, it was brought to my attention, at least with the inception of this bill that Arkansas wineries and Arkansas liquor wholesalers and local liquor retailers were initially at least against this bill. I see you've brought some
amendments today, um, are they still opposed to this bill? Did you get something worked out with them? Yeah, to my
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
23:04
knowledge, we've, you know, uh, and I'm not gonna name names. I don't know if that's the right thing to do. Um, we had a meeting over here in the Mallard room where our, or sorry, back here in the diamond room where I sat down, to my knowledge, you know, the, the The people who represent the organizations for the distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, and we worked through line by line their concerns. This amendment reflects, um, again, some of their concerns, wanting to make sure that, that we make it the right bill.
Chair
Unverified
23:34
Representative E, you recognized for a question. Thank you, Mr.
Representative Les D. Eaves
Unverified
23:36
Chairman. It's probably in the bill. I just didn't look at it, I guess enough. It ships only to residences or can they ship to businesses as well. Uh, I don't know
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
23:44
off the top of my head I can get back to you on that. I believe it's residences, but I don't
want to speak out of turn. Any other questions? We have one individual signed up to speak for. The bill, Mr. Vogel. She'll come to the table and identify yourself.
Robbie Vogel
Unverified
24:05
You'll be recognized. Thank you again. My name is Robbie Vogel. I founded Arkansas Wine and Spirits wholesale with my wife about 10 years ago. Appreciate y'all's time in an effort to be succinct again, I wanted to thank Representative McKenzie for meeting with all the stakeholders and getting a bill that It's very good compromise. It is
difficult to navigate our laws in the state, but They make for a healthy alcohol industry. So thank you again, Representative McKenzie, for your. compromises. Thank you. Yes, sir. Any questions from the committee? Seeing
Speaker 50
24:47
none in your excuse. Thank you. Is there
anyone else in the audience that wants to speak for or against this bill. Saying none, represented Mackenzie. You, you recognize the clothes
Speaker 89
25:01
for your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, I, I appreciate
Representative Brit McKenzie
Unverified
25:06
your consideration, um, we've worked really hard to make this as, uh, again, it
was initially filed, it was the opening salvo. It is winnowed down to what I believe to be a, a very narrow, very, you know, custom and bespoke law that's gonna help those enthusiasts. This, this is not a bill I think you're gonna get a flag or a text saying alcohol run amok in Arkansas. This is for those who have high appreciation for fine or, or, um, uh, or niche wines, and I think it's the right
move. And with that, I make a motion of do pass as. amended. All right, members, we have a motion to pass as amended. Is
there any discussion on the motion. Seeing Representative Hawk, you're recognized for discussion. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think that as
Representative RJ Hawk
Unverified
25:45
Representative McKenzie said, this is something that's been long overdue. I know that I've had many constituents reach out, uh, about
this bill and say that, you know, they've gone to other states and spent some time and had it shipped to them at their Airbnb or whatever, whenever they've been, uh, have been out there. And so what I'll say to this is that I, I think it's time for Arkansas, to be able to do this, um, and to be
able to get wines from all over the country. So with that, I'll be voting
yes. Seeing no other discussion, we have a motion on the table. All in favor say aye. Oppose nay. I just have it. Congratulations, you've passed your bill as amended. Representative Pilkington, are you running uh House Bill 1192.
Uh Identify yourself and you're recognized to explain your amendment.
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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Thank you, thank you, committee, uh. I've already presented this bill once and so obviously there were some issues with the amount of the fines. So, uh, I took those down to where it was like 50, 100 and 250 as opposed to 100, 500, and 1000, uh, and then we we deleted uh lines 18 and 19
and fall and put following civil penalties that way, uh, to not make it, um, a criminal offense. And so that's my amendment and I would appreciate a motion to pass on. You recognize the amendment. All right, we have
a motion to adopt the amendment. Any
discussion on the motion? If not, all in favor say aye. I pose nay, eyes have it. We've adopted the, the amendment. You're now you recognize to explain the bill as amendment, amended, thank you, Chair. Uh,
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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committee, I, I think most of y'all were here last time I presented it talking about the issue of vape in school, um, and so I won't belabor, uh, the bill anymore, but essentially we're just uh putting, putting fines on these were making it to where you cannot possess it, which was not clear in the law whether possession of the tobacco
product on campus was Uh, was it Forest or not by the courts, and that was something that came from discussions with the judge in my area and then of course, we added fines as well. Like I said, I took the fines down to make them a lot less, and these go to the parents, um, and so we're just trying to essentially Get a hold on this vaping in school issue and we've gotten to the point where, um, my administrators think this is, uh, this is the way to do it, and I agree with them and, uh, with that, um. I'm finished, but I will take a question.
Representative McAloon, you're recognized for a question. Um, just real quick,
Representative Mindy McAlindon
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you said the fines go to the parents, so I think in the original bill, it was going to the school. Is that still the way that's working?
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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Well, no, no, no, so the, the, the fines are to the parents. The parents are getting fined, yes, yeah, and then the, the, the money is not going to the schools, it's going to the county of our, um, and, and that, like I said, was because our school districts didn't want to be seen as they were doing this as a way to raise funds. They're doing this as a way to get vaping under control. And so that's, I
my original bill actually had to go to schools and they actually wanted that changed because they didn't want to be seen as trying to push, uh, this as a way to make money because it's not about that. It's about getting a
handle on the vape in schools. Thank you. Well, I don't see any other questions from the committee, but I have
one as a parent of four grown children and 10 grandchildren, you know, as much as, uh, you tried to, uh, raise your children correctly and teach them uh to do the right
thing. They are going to do things and to uh To find a parent for behavior of a child that is a minor. I just, I, I personally can't support, so, um, I I know a lot of parents think their kids can do no wrong. And I suspect you probably will think the same thing of yours at some point, but trust me, they will, And so I, I don't, I don't know
how, how can you justify finding the parents because there's just so much that goes on that is out of their
control and, uh, There's just too much going on, not sure, uh, well,
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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I, I think a lot of times we talk to
teachers and administrators, you'll hear this idea of, yeah, my, my kid can do no wrong and, you know, the problems is constantly as the administrators, the teachers, they're not doing enough, they need to be doing more. And reality is we need parents to parent, and, and I'm willing to hold their feet to the fire. I mean, I, um, you know, I, I agree. I mean, my
children are gonna mess up and do problems and, and guess what, uh, you know, if they're driving a car at 16 and they hit somebody, With their car, um, I'm gonna be the one responsible for paying for that damage and getting it fixed. I mean, I am responsible for my child. And so I want them to be responsible for their child as well, uh, when it comes to vaping in school because it's become a crisis. And so, um, this is, this is kind of how this formation came. My, my hope is we lived in a high trust society where this wouldn't be the issue, but unfortunately it has become, become an issue. So, um, you know, just as I'm a
believer during school shootings that the parents should be held liable when their kids, uh, go and do a rampage through a school because clearly there were issues that were not getting addressed and you're with your child and they are your responsibility because they're not their own citizen at this point. I mean, uh, you know, we, we have, uh, you know, We, we don't treat them as citizens because they're not, they're minors, and so you're the songs are still under, under the care of their parent or legal guardian. Uh, I, I think they're still responsible for their actions. And
so that's, that's why I think this is a necessary bill.
Representative Kendra Moore
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Represent more you recognize for a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative Pilkington, I'm just looking at the 2023 median household income for Arkansas, and that is $58,773. Do you think $250 is still a pretty high penalty for those, uh, for those families to pay. When
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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is a 3rd subsequent offense, I think it is perfectly warranted. You recognize? Um
Representative Kendra Moore
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My big problem with this is that we're punishing the sins of the sun. We're punishing the father for the sins of the son and unless the parent is actually providing these illicit products to the kids. I don't think they ought to be held. fiscally liable. Do you not agree
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with that? No, I don't agree with that. Once again, I think we need
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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to hold parents responsible for their children, um, you know, we need, we need more involved parents. Uh, the fact I'm a millennial, I'm not a believer in this free range kind of parenting going on of my kids
can do no wrong and let them do whatever. Because the reality is it's affecting other students. I mean, they're selling these products to other students who are getting access, they've now become essentially dealers in vape at schools and so, uh, I, I think we need to get a handle on this and. So I'm, I, I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect that a father should be responsible for his son. I mean, if my son. You know, where to go out and spray paint my neighbor's shed. Guess what? you know, I'm responsible for that, for him and for his actions, because maybe he didn't know what he was
doing, uh, but I'm gonna be the one there next Saturday repainting that shed, making sure it gets fixed. Now granted I have my son there with him, and I'd be teaching him a lesson that you're not gonna do that. But that's part of parenting, and unfortunately, we've seen this soft bigotry of low expectations, where we've just allowed people to do whatever and say, well, there's just nothing we can do and throw our arms up. And I just I can't have that happen in our schools anymore, so. Representative Ha, do you recognize for a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, and I
Representative RJ Hawk
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appreciate what Representative Pilkington's doing as far as trying to Figure out a
a solution to the problem, but I, I will say that like in Bryant, for example, uh, in our schools, if a kid gets caught with a vape, um, Bryant Police Department's notified, um, their hauled off campus or they're sent to, um, you know, after school detention or whatever that might be. And it seems like it's working. I mean, it's not solving the problem altogether. I, I guess my question would be by, by doing
the offense and the kid is not having to pay for it, right? Are we actually teaching the kid a lesson because I know like when I was in school, right? Like it was nothing to go to a bootlegger and keep doing it and, and try to get alcohol out, uh, I mean, like we all did it, right? And my dad or my mom would go, you don't need to do this, you're grounded, blah blah blah. But I still went and did it again, right? And uh and we still did it again and so I, I just, my, my only fear is, is that if we're, if we are penalizing the parent with a
with a, a fine, then it's not really the kids anything, am I miss,
am I missing something here or I don't know. Uh, if, if your daughter made the mistake and ended up costing
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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you $250 would you not? I'd be pissed, you would do something about it and you would try to make sure that she doesn't make that mistake again. I,
I would, but I would also say how my incentive is to get you to, to make sure that these are is happening again. No, I mean, I I agree with what you're saying, but I just think that.
Representative RJ Hawk
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Oftentimes, if the kid is, you know, off doing their own thing, they just continually do it and they said, you know, I don't care what my parents say, and I'm just my parents are paying the tab. They're just gonna keep doing it. I just don't know
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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if. It just kind of seems you're saying is, and, and I guess my next Next step in that is that I am needing those parents to engage and parent their kids and make sure this doesn't
continue to happen because, and that's the problem we've had. So, you know, the discussion with my school leaders has been, hey, we give
them detention, we give them in school suspension, we do all these things. And guess what? It's not stopping. They're just coming back. It's not, they, they don't care. And so the person who's responsible for that. Child, we, we have to get them in the equation because what they say too is, yeah, I guess their parents don't care that they're suspended from school. They should, they should be better parents and should care that their kids getting suspended from school, uh, but they're not. And so, Let's hit them in the checkbook and get them to engage and say, you know what, you're not gonna do this again because I'm not taking this, I'm not taking this hit again, and so you're gonna shape up
Representative RJ Hawk
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follow up. I think I've, I, I would say that, uh, and it's your bill, uh, this is just my recommendation. I, if we want to crack down,
right? Let, send them to juvenile detention center for a week. That, that'll teach them a lesson, you know, I mean, that, because that is putting it putting it on the kid rather than the parent and You, you could have a step, you know, parent pay the fine, parent pay the fine. Wouldn't you agree that if, if we said, OK, Why don't you, kid, go to, to juvie for a little bit for,
because you don't stop vaping, that would, that would send a pretty good message. Uh, it,
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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it would, and I'm looking forward to your bill, Representative thank you. Represent Tas you
Representative Dwight Tosh
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recognize her question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative. Come at this from a little different angle. I agree with what the other legislators have said, but you know as well as I do that not ever. parent has the best relationship with her child and, and we recognize that and, and know
that uh those relationships um sometimes are not as good as they should be, but that happens. But my concern is too that uh when you've got a relationship like I've just described that the, that child could, you know, could use this situation actually to get back at at their parents, you know, almost. Use it like leverage, hey, if I don't, you don't let me do this or that. I'm gonna go to school and I'm gonna vape and, and, and
you're gonna be fine and you're gonna be charged. I can, I can almost visualize that happening, you know, so have you, have you thought about that, that that could be used against the parents by the child. Um, I, I have not. I
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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mean, I think that's would be an extremely rare situation you'd see that happening, um, but, um, You
know, I mean, the school, I mean, I hope that the school would then realize that. You know, maybe they don't need a report this to the, to the police over the situation because this is a situation in
which a child is purposely getting caught to ensnare their parents into into a trap, uh, and there's nothing that says that they, that's, you know, mandatory reporting on vape, uh, in here. So, uh, I would hope that they would use their judgment of that, but, um, I think that is, you know, uh, an extremely rare example where that might, might occur. But I would say maybe it's also a wake-up call that. You need to work on their relationship you have with your child in which they're trying to financially ensnare you in a situation, uh, uh, to get back
at you. Um, that's, that's problematic and I would say that probably goes way beyond my bill, and there's other issues that need to
Chair
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be addressed there. Representative McClaney, you're recognized for a
Representative Nicole Clowney
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question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative Pilkington, I know in your previous version we had heard that the Heart Association Cancer Society, Lung Association, some, some groups were opposed. Do you know if this amendment, have they seen this amendment? you know if they're still
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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opposed, I don't know if they've seen this amendment or not, um, and, and,
and I, to be honest, I have not talked to them, um, well I work with, I'm on public health. I work with those groups quite a bit. Um, I was actually shocked when they came out against a bill aimed at reducing vaping, but I know it was over the amount of the penalties I think was the concern I heard, uh, and so I hope that they would be feel better about it now that we've lowered it, but I have not had a conversation with them. I mean, it's just that time of session, I was not going to go chase down some associations. Um, because that's not what this
is about. It's about vaping in schools, not, uh, heart health or
cancer health, which is what they should be focusing on. OK, thank you. I think they would probably
Representative Nicole Clowney
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argue that those are directly related, but I appreciate the answer. OK. Representative Mc Londonon,
you're recognized for a question. How about now? Thank you.
Representative Mindy McAlindon
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Thank you, Chairman. Um, so just to, I, I understand that you're trying to get parents to be more engaged, right? To be more involved with their kids, um, but the schools still have the discretion to punish the children, right? There's nothing in this that says, or there's nothing that leads you to believe that the school would be like, well, great, we're punishing the parents, they're having to pay a fine now I don't have to punish. No, no, there's, I
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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mean, they can stay all the punishments for the student are still there and, and they do have the ability, if this is maybe a first time offense, um, and uh, To, to not report it to the police and try to handle it internally, give them a warning
and let them know, hey, listen, we're gonna call your parents and let them know this happens again, they're going to find. These things are happening. And so I, and, and I think that's a, I would, if I was, uh, if I was talking to any school mini, I'd say that's what I would do the first approach and let them know. And also I would let the parents know the beginning of the school year or, uh, hey, this is the new law. If your kids are doing this, there are potential fines. I mean, I think there's, there's a way to do that. So, uh, no, the students are still getting punished in their own regard. It's just we're bringing punishment to the as well, um. And, and so, because obviously,
um, what's happening outside the home is affecting what's happening in the school and we're, we're trying to get
Chair
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a handle on that. Thank you. Thank you. Representative Ferguson, you're recognized for a question. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair, uh, Representative
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
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Pilkington. Yeah, two questions. The first one, I think doing the 3rd offense is $250. Is is that right? Yes, that's a, that's a 3rd
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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event, not the first one. Now what happens
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
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when that parent can't pay the $250. What happens to the parent? What's, what's the
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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42:18
Is that a misdemeanor or what is it? Uh, they just, they. They just owe that owe that fee. There's not, there's not a misdemeanor associated with this. So it's just a penalty that they have are fine that they have not, they need to pay and it will remain unpaid until they pay it. So it could go to, I'm sure it could
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
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go to collections eventually. So, There's no guidance in terms of the prosecutor, whether it's a city attorney or prosecuting attorney as to what happens when they they have leeway to do what they think is best.
They can do what they think is best. OK. Uh, the, the, the second thing, I'll make it brief. Uh, I represented more and represented Tash, uh, touched on two things, represented more, I think, talked about, uh, families who may not have a, uh, income resources to afford the penalties and I think Representative Tod talked about a situation of a family where you may have sort of a child
with behavior issues. Now, I know two such families.
Both of those families are uh single females. One has 6 kids and the other has about 7 kids, and they're doing the best they can. Now The one that's got 7 kids. She got about 5 pretty decent kids. The ones that she got 2 more kids. There's some issues with it. So what does this single female who's doing the best she can.
And doing a pretty good job with 5 kids, but the other 2 kids. Uh, Representative Tosh said. That you may have someone, a kid who continuously do certain things. To get back at the parent. And once You put a $250. Penalty or a single mother. Now, I've realized she maybe shouldn't have had 7
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kids, but she's doing, I'm, I'm talking
about somebody I know, but she's doing a good job with fire. But, but you got one. That's messing with her. That's one family. You know, what kind of situation does that put that family here? What kind of burden? You know, we're talking about single females, and we're talking about they're doing a good job. But they got a couple of kids. That has behavioral problems that continuously get in trouble, and they get kicked out of school and she'd get them
back into the school and now you're gonna give her a $250 penalty on top of that, and she's working two jobs. She's doing what she's supposed to be doing. But anyway Yes, if you could just comment on
Representative Kenneth B. Ferguson
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that for me, I, I would, um, you know, obviously I presented
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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this bill before. I said I would take it down, take the fines down, um. Uh, I actually said I would have the
fines, which would have been for a 3rd offense, $500. I took it down even less than 250.
I mean, I, I would put the question back on you at what what, what amount would you be OK with for that woman who has 7 kids, uh, what, what about what? At some point you have to have the rubber meets the road. You have to put, uh, something behind it. I mean, once again, I think it's just saying, well, there's just nothing we can do. Let's just let these kids continue to bring vape into our schools, sell these products, uh, actually, you know, create it to where now they're vaping all over the place. You have good kids who are now getting caught up.
in this as well, and so it's, uh, you know, it's, it's like a virus that's, that's spreading through our school system. And so I'm not really interested in not doing anything because I'm worried I might Might affect that woman. I think reality is, uh, listen, my older brother was a problem child. He did drugs in school. He was getting in trouble constantly. My parents did something about it. Now, he's a PhD and works at the CDC as a chemist doing research on Parkinson. I mean,
he's an incredible person, but his parents when he was getting
in trouble at school. did something about it and, and, and adjusted and made things better and, and got him on the right path. Now, it wasn't easy. It took it years. And that's what I need other parents in the state to do. Once again, like I've said, the soft bigotry of low expectations is not helpful. Just saying, well, they got some problem kids, we shouldn't do anything about
it. Um, you know, and we have this discussion about public schools all the time. You want to get more kids leaving public schools. Allow kids to run wild and not do anything and don't
hold anyone responsible for their behavior. You'll see more and more people leave those schools and go to other schools. And so, um, the reality is, is we are trying to improve a situation that has got out of hand that honestly, we should have done something about it long before, but have not yet. And so, uh, while my heart goes out to that woman with 7 kids, and I would never say that she shouldn't have had that many kids. I think it's great that she has 7 kids. Um, It's just if you're having those problems, child, you need to, you need to address those issues because guess what? VaP may be one issue, but they're gonna have issues on other things all
throughout their life. And next thing I know, they're going to end up in, in the, you know, penal system and we're gonna be paying for them that way. So, I just think let's, uh, let's try to address these issues now and try to get these kids on the straight and narrow and guess what? We need to get the moms and dads in the game and, uh, and
I think this is a way of putting them, having them have some skin on the game and making us address. this vape issue. Representative McKenzie, you
Representative Brit McKenzie
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recognize her question. Thank you, Mr. Chair, um, two parts. One, it's like I'm, I'm amazed. We asked you to lower the amounts, you lowered the amounts. Now we don't like the amounts. I, and I said the last time when I got flak for it, bum fuzzled. We introduced consequentialism into our schools, and we all start running around with our hair on fire. I, I would agree, and I'd ask you to take the bill down. We write it as permissive and we write it as can apply a monetary fine, because I want to see this
bill passed. I'm astonished, astonished that we still can't wrap our minds around that. There are children, regardless if we walk them into a public school, we walk him into a YMCA. They're our children. We're responsible for them. So I like the bill, and I think if it's the money thing that's holding us up, write it as permissive, because at the end of the day, this is a problem. Administrators are asking for it and I. sitting around saying, oh, the money's too much. It's completely losing the lead, if we're not going to do something about this and what are we, like how are we going to address this? So I'd ask you to pull the
bill down. We write it as permissive, and then we come back again through this committee, which again, maybe it should have gone to education, but if we bring it back to this committee, it's permissive and it says shall apply some type of a monetary fee structure. Would you be willing to do that? I'm willing to do that. I
will pull my bill down. Committee without objection, uh. We'll let uh representative Pilkington pull this bill down. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Representative Brown, I don't think we have time. It's 12:50 now, and I think we're gonna have to get over to, uh, House chamber So, uh, I suspect you will be one of the first up when we have our next rules meeting.
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RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
HB1491 Wardlaw 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.
REGULAR AGENDA
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1455 Pilkington TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PRIVATE CLUBS TO PURCHASE CERTAIN PRODUCTS DIRECTLY FROM A SMALL BREWERY PERMIT HOLDER UNDER AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT.
Pilkington
HB1476 B. McKenzie TO AMEND THE DIRECT SHIPMENT OF VINOUS LIQUOR ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH A WINE DIRECT SHIPPER LICENSE.
McKenzie
HB1578 Pilkington TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS HEMP BEVERAGE ACT.
HB1192 Pilkington TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND E- CIGARETTES BY STUDENTS; AND TO REQUIRE THE PARENT OF A STUDENT WHO USES, POSSESSES, OR SMOKES TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR E-CIGARETTES TO PAY A FINE.
Pilkington
HB1626 Duffield TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF DISPOSAL VAPOR PRODUCTS FROM A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY.
HB1730 M. Brown TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF WHOLESALE PERMITS.
SB365 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF THREE SMALL BREWERY TAPROOMS BY A HOLDER OF A SMALL BREWERY LICENSE.
HB1573 Ladyman TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
HB1722 J. Moore TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS BY THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL BOARD; TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW THE REGULATION AND PURCHASE OF HEMP-DERIVED PRODUCTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
SB305 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE CERTAIN TESTING OF PROCESSED MARIJUANA PRODUCTS SOLD AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
HB1847 McAlindon TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS RACING COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN A STATEWIDE SELF-EXCLUSION LIST.
SB252 J. Dismang TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF HEALTH RISKS CAUSED BY VAPOR PRODUCTS AND E-LIQUID PRODUCTS; AND TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ARKANSAS YOUTH.
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