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Senate Convenes

March 10, 2025 ·1:30 PM ·Senate Chamber
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Bills discussed (55)
Bill Title Sponsor Status
HCR1007 · 5 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “We will now take up House Concurrent Resolution 1007.”
 TO ENCOURAGE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REEVALUATE THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE LOCALITY STRUCTURE … Painter Approved by the Governor
HB1405 Act 309 · 4 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1405 #1 J. Richardson Boyd TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROC…”
 TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROCURERS; AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF … J. Richardson Notification that HB1405 is now Act 309
SR32 · 4 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “SR32 J. Scott TO RECOGNIZE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC., FOR…”
 TO RECOGNIZE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC., FOR ITS POSITIVE IMPACT UPON ITS COMMUNITIES, THE … J. Scott Sine Die adjournment
SB299 Act 403 · 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “1 to Senate bill 299. Amendment 1 to”
 TO REQUIRE A STAFF MEMBER TO WITNESS AN ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTING A RESIDENT OF A LONG-TERM … K. Hammer Notification that SB299 is now Act 403
SB329 Act 426 · 3 mentions in transcript, chapter
Matched: “Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 329. Amendment 1”
 TO CREATE THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE GUARANTEES ACT. J. Boyd Notification that SB329 is now Act 426
SB343 Act 734 · 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “SB343 #1 Irvin Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE-OWNED MOTO…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATE-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC PROPERTY; … Irvin Notification that SB343 is now Act 734
SB353 Act 405 · 3 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “SB353 #1 Hester Hester TO AMEND THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION;…”
 TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS; TO AMEND THE DATES OF PRIMARY … Hester Notification that SB353 is now Act 405
HB1193 · 2 mentions in chapter, transcript
Matched: “HB1193 #1 Cavenaugh B. Johnson TO REQUIRE AN INSURER TO INCLUDE A…”
 TO REQUIRE AN INSURER TO INCLUDE A LIENHOLDER ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY. Cavenaugh Died in House at Sine Die adjournment.
SB407 Act 577 · 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “Local. Senate Bill 407 by”
 TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS CATFISH PROCESSOR FAIR PRACTICES ACT OF 1987. Gilmore Notification that SB407 is now Act 577
SB414 Act 463 · 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “Senate Bill 414 by Senator Hammer. to amend the election laws of the state…”
 TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW … K. Hammer Notification that SB414 is now Act 463
SR39 · 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “Senate Bill 414. State agencies. Senate Resolution 39”
 TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH DURING MARCH 2025 AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ON MARCH 8, … J. Scott Sine Die adjournment
HB1184 Act 263 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1184 L. Johnson Hill TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND…”
 TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND TO PROTECT A CONSUMER'S PRIVACY IN CERTAIN … L. Johnson Notification that HB1184 is now Act 263
HB1238 Act 306 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1238 Cavenaugh Sullivan TO AUTHORIZE A MORTGAGOR TO RECOVER FEES…”
 TO AUTHORIZE A MORTGAGOR TO RECOVER FEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE STATUTORY FORECLOSURE LAW. Cavenaugh Notification that HB1238 is now Act 306
HB1307 Act 308 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1307 McAlindon J. Bryant TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE FUND MANAGEMENT;…”
 TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE FUND MANAGEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS … McAlindon Notification that HB1307 is now Act 308
HB1309 Act 268 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1309 Rose Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE OF EXAMINAT…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE OF EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER; AND TO CLARIFY THE … Rose Notification that HB1309 is now Act 268
HB1325 Act 286 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1325 C. Cooper Dotson TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC E…”
 TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT … C. Cooper Notification that HB1325 is now Act 286
HB1400 Act 259 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1400 Richmond Stubblefield TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEM…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED … Richmond Notification that HB1400 is now Act 259
HB1465 Act 312 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1465 Gonzales McKee CONCERNING DIRT BIKE USE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY…”
 CONCERNING DIRTBIKE USE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; AND TO ESTABLISH THE LIABILITY OF AN OWNER OF … Gonzales Notification that HB1465 is now Act 312
HB1466 Act 262 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1466 Achor Boyd TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT.”
 TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT. Achor Notification that HB1466 is now Act 262
HB1568 Act 289 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1568 Childress Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS,…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW … Childress Notification that HB1568 is now Act 289
HB1609 Act 366 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “bills to whom is referred to House Bill 1609 by Rosina Lundstrom and Senator Davis, compared the engross…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR RECRUITING TRAFFICKED … Lundstrum Notification that HB1609 is now Act 366
SB124 Act 899 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB124 #1 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRI…”
 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
SB183 Act 724 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB183 J. Dotson TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT…”
 TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS … J. Dotson Notification that SB183 is now Act 724
SB22 Act 377 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB22 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROPRIA…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB22 is now Act 377
SB261 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…encies. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Bill 261 by Senator Clark, compared the engrossed copy with the orig…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON CERTAIN ROADS; AND … A. Clark Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
SB276 Act 345 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB276 B. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURPLUS LINES INSURA…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE; AND TO CLARIFY THAT SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE … B. Johnson Notification that SB276 is now Act 345
SB303 Act 644 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB303 Dees TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVAT…”
 TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN … Dees Notification that SB303 is now Act 644
SB313 Act 733 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB313 Irvin CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TRE…”
 CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT; AND TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY … Irvin Notification that SB313 is now Act 733
SB317 Act 351 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB317 B. Johnson TO PROHIBIT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION F…”
 TO PROHIBIT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITH A PROHIBITED … B. Johnson Notification that SB317 is now Act 351
SB333 Act 381 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB333 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF - POLIC…”
 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF - POLICE STATION FACILITY CONSTRUCTION … S. Flowers Notification that SB333 is now Act 381
SB334 Act 331 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB334 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMEN…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CAPITAL … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB334 is now Act 331
SB335 Act 332 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB335 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FO…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB335 is now Act 332
SB336 Act 382 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB336 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APP…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB336 is now Act 382
SB337 Act 333 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB337 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERV…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION CAPITAL … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB337 is now Act 333
SB344 Act 444 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB344 Irvin TO TRANSFER THE HEALTHY EMPLOYEE LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FR…”
 TO TRANSFER THE HEALTHY EMPLOYEE LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE DEPARTMENT … Irvin Notification that SB344 is now Act 444
SB345 Act 421 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB345 Irvin TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROV…”
 TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTING PROCESS … Irvin Notification that SB345 is now Act 421
SB351 Act 592 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB351 J. Dismang TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT … J. Dismang Notification that SB351 is now Act 592
SB365 Act 488 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB365 J. Bryant TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHOR…”
 TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BREWERY ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF THREE SMALL BREWERY … J. Bryant Notification that SB365 is now Act 488
SB370 Act 462 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB370 Irvin TO TRANSFER THE ARKANSAS WINE PRODUCERS COUNCIL FROM…”
 TO TRANSFER THE ARKANSAS WINE PRODUCERS COUNCIL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT … Irvin Notification that SB370 is now Act 462
SB374 Act 751 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB374 B. Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYST…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. B. Davis Notification that SB374 is now Act 751
SB38 Act 378 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB38 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -LICENSING AND REGUL…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -LICENSING AND REGULATION BOARDS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB38 is now Act 378
SB39 Act 609 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB39 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORK…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB39 is now Act 609
SB405 Act 555 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Senate Bill 405 by Senator Dismaine, to amend the Online Marketplace Consum…”
 TO AMEND THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE CONSUMER INFORM ACT. J. Dismang Notification that SB405 is now Act 555
SB406 Act 752 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…nsumer Inform Act, Senate Bill 405. Insurance and Commerce. Senate Bill 406 by Senator Clark, to require a county recorder to certify c…”
 TO REQUIRE A COUNTY RECORDER TO VERIFY CERTAIN INFORMATION BEFORE RECORDING A DEED TO REAL … A. Clark Notification that SB406 is now Act 752
SB408 Act 696 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Agriculture. Senate Bill 408 by Senator Blake Johnson, to provide an income tax exemptio…”
 TO PROVIDE AN INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF … B. Johnson Notification that SB408 is now Act 696
SB409 Act 406 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…epartment of Agriculture, Senate Bill 408. Revenue and Tax. Senate Bill 409 by Senator Blake Johnson to prohibit discrimination of agri…”
 TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS BY FINANCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE FARMER … B. Johnson Notification that SB409 is now Act 406
SB410 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…he Farmers Protection Act, Senate Bill 409. State agencies. Senate Bill 410 by Senator King to amend the law concerning public officers…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT … B. King Died on Senate Calendar at Sine Die adjournment.
SB412 Act 614 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “for travel and transportation expenses by proclamation, Senate Bill 412. Revenue”
 TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SET THE PER-MILE AMOUNT FOR THE … J. Boyd Notification that SB412 is now Act 614
SB413 Act 401 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…original and find the same correctly engrossed. Judiciary. Senate Bill 413 by Senator Hammer. To amend the law concerning a school dis…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND TO AMEND THE … K. Hammer Notification that SB413 is now Act 401
SB64 Act 532 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB64 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EDUCATIONAL TELEVI…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DIVISION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB64 is now Act 532
SB92 Act 777 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB92 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED S…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL … Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB92 is now Act 777
SB93 Act 1010 · 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB93 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB93 is now Act 1010
SJR11 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…tation. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Joint Resolution 11 by Senator Payton, compared the engrossed copy with the ori…”
 A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 2, § 5, TO PROTECT THE RIGHT … J. Payton Approved by the Governor.
SR40 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “Calendar. Senate Resolution 40 by Senator Hester to recognize, support, and encourage the…”
 TO RECOGNIZE, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGE THE ARKANSAS 250 COMMISSION AS IT BEGINS ITS WORK TO … Hester Sine Die adjournment
SR41 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…dence through July 4, 2026, Senate Resolution 40. Calendar. Senate Resolution 41 by Senator Tucker, to recognize Wednesday, March 12, 2025,…”
 TO RECOGNIZE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025, AS SCOUTING DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. C. Tucker Sine Die adjournment

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Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 3 1:00
Senate will
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:20
be called to
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:29
order. Are there any requests for leave at this time? Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Thank you, Madam Secretary.
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Speaker 8 1:56
If everyone in the chamber and in the galleries would please rise, we'll first be
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 2:01
led in prayer by one of my favorite pastors, who will be introduced by Senator John Payton, and then we will remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Payton, you're recognized. Thank
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Senator John Payton Unverified 2:14
you, Madam President. Colleagues, if you live up in the hills where I live and you listen to 103.3, it's one of the only radio stations you can get for that area, but it covers a wide swath. And on Sunday mornings, there are three or four good pastors and churches that have 15-minute shows. Brother Kurt Howard from Maple Springs Baptist Church, close to a little community called Oil Trough, Arkansas. It's out east of Batesville. But he has a great church, Maple Springs Baptist Church. He has a great radio program. If you're ever up northern Arkansas on a Sunday morning about 9 o'clock, you can hear some great preaching. He preaches the word. He keeps it real. And he's got a great congregation. And Brother Shannon, his associate pastor, is here. But I'd appreciate it if you'd welcome Pastor Kurt Howard, Maple Springs Baptist Church.
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Speaker 15 3:08
I guess most of them are Baptists. They ain't got here yet. That's the way we kind of run things. That's why we take an offering later in the service, because we don't take it too early. They ain't there yet. So I asked Leslie where the offering place was when I walked in here. That's the first thing I thought of. But I guess we'll take an offering since everybody's waiting for me to get done so they can get in here. Amen. Thank you all, sir. Thank you for allowing me to be here. It's always a blessing. I appreciate it so much. Let's pray. Lord God, we love you. We just thank you for being our God. And, God, we give you all the glory. And, God, I pray for this Senate chamber today, God, the dealings that they'll be dealing with today, God, the things they'll be voting on. I pray, God, that your spirit will be with them as they make their votes today. Help them remember their constituents, Lord God. the men and women and the unborn babies and each and every one God in our communities Lord I just pray that your special love will be with us today here in this place and God just we know that you told us if we'd humble ourselves and God I pray for humility and pray and Lord I'm thankful they open up in prayer what a blessing and some wonderful people down here and just a blessing to be here and for them to allow me to come in here and just to give you the glory right here in the middle of our capital and God we just pray that we'll seek your face and turn from wicked ways, then you'll hear from heaven. God, we need you to hear. God, I want you to hear this prayer, and we need your presence today. We thank you once again, Lord, for our great state that we have, and our governor, our country, and our president. Bless all of them, and bless our country. Bless our state. God, we sure need you right now, God, and we're trusting in you, Lord, with all our heart, and we're going to give you all the glory in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you all so much.
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Speaker 18 4:43
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
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Speaker 21 4:49
of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank
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Speaker 22 4:59
you, Brother Kirk, for those uplifting words. Always great to see you, sir. Thank you so much.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 5:06
Thank you. 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 of the journal. The morning hour has now begun. I would like to welcome Senator Hammer to introduce our pages of the day. Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. I'd like to recognize
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 5:33
our Senate pages that are joining us today. And when I call your name, if you all would please come to the front right up here and we can recognize you. First of all, Lana White, who is homeschooled, and she is a constituent of Senator Dismayne. And then we have Turner Harbor, who is with Episcopal Collegiate High School. He is a constituent of Senator Tucker. Ford Gill, who is also from Episcopal Collegiate High School, also a constituent of Senator Tucker. And then Alma Welch, who attends Benton High School and is a constituent of mine. And then we have Zion Thompson, who attends Lisa Academy and is a constituent of Senator Love. Members, would you help me please to make all of our pages feel welcome today? And thank you, Madam President. Thank
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Speaker 8 6:35
you, Madam President. Thank you, Senator Hamer, and welcome to
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 6:37
the Arkansas State Senate pages. We're glad to have you here today. Other announcements or introductions? Senator Love, you're recognized.
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Senator Fredrick J. Love Unverified 6:44
Thank you, Governor. Colleagues, I just wanted to take a personal point of privilege. I want to recognize two friends of mine. One is A.J. Thomas of Centennial Bank. He didn't know I was on a call about like this, but my friend, A.J. Thomas. And then the other is a former neighbor of mine. He didn't want to come down and take a picture with me, so I'm going to just grill him, but it is Jason Lanier. Thank you all. Thank you, Senator Love.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 7:15
Any other introductions or announcements? Seeing no others. Madam Secretary, are there items at the desk? Will your committee on engrossed bills to whom
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 7:25
was first sent by 140 by Senator Boyd, compare the engrossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed? Insurance and Commerce. Will your committee on engrossed bills to whom was first sent by 227 by Senator Tucker, compare the engrossed copy with the and find the same correctly engrossed. State agencies. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Bill 261 by Senator Clark, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Transportation. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to Senate Joint Resolution 11 by Senator Payton, compared the engrossed copy with the original and find the same correctly engrossed. State agencies. Committee on engrossed bills to whom is referred to House Bill 1609 by Rosina Lundstrom and Senator Davis, compared the engrossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed. Judiciary. Senate Bill 413 by Senator Hammer. To amend the law concerning a school district board of directors and to amend the law concerning the certification of an oath for a school board director, Senate Bill 413. Education. Senate Bill 414 by Senator Hammer. to amend the election laws of the state of Arkansas and to amend Arkansas law concerning notices related to the election process, Senate Bill 414. State agencies. Senate Resolution 39 by Senator Scott to celebrate Women's History Month during March 2025 and International Women's Day on March 8, 2025, Senate Resolution 39. Calendar. Senate Resolution 40 by Senator Hester to recognize, support, and encourage the Arkansas 250 Commission as it begins its work to celebrate Arkansas's rich 250-year history from the signing of the Declaration of Independence through July 4, 2026, Senate Resolution 40. Calendar. Senate Resolution 41 by Senator Tucker, to recognize Wednesday, March 12, 2025, as Scouting Day at State Capitol, Senate Resolution 41. Calendar. Senate Bill 405 by Senator Dismaine, to amend the Online Marketplace Consumer Inform Act, Senate Bill 405. Insurance and Commerce. Senate Bill 406 by Senator Clark, to require a county recorder to certify certain information before recording a deed to real estate, Senate Bill 406. City County
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Speaker 7 9:55
Local. Senate Bill 407 by
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 9:57
Senator Gilmour, to repeal the Arkansas Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1987, Senate Bill 407. Agriculture. Senate Bill 408 by Senator Blake Johnson, to provide an income tax exemption for certain Payments of the United States Department of Agriculture, Senate Bill 408. Revenue and Tax. Senate Bill 409 by Senator Blake Johnson to prohibit discrimination of agricultural products by financial service providers and to establish the Farmers Protection Act, Senate Bill 409. State agencies. Senate Bill 410 by Senator King to amend the law concerning public officers and employees and require disclosure of employment for former state employees and former elected officials, sent bill 410. State agencies. Sent bill 411 by Senator Crowell to amend the law concerning the height of vehicles and to create an offense for the operation of a vehicle with a modified bumper, sent bill 411. Transportation. Sent bill 412 by Senator Boyd to authorize Department of Finance Administration to set the per mile amount for the income tax deduction
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Speaker 7 11:05
for travel and transportation expenses by proclamation, Senate Bill 412. Revenue
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 11:11
and tax. Any further business to come before the body in the morning hour? If not, the morning hour has expired. We will now begin the
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 11:25
business agenda beginning with Senate Resolution 32. Senate Resolution 32 by Senator Scott to recognize Kappa Alpha Phi, Fraternity Incorporated, and its positive impact upon its communities, the state of Arkansas, the nation, and
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Senator Jamie Scott Unverified 11:40
the world. Senator Scott, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor. I would like to request leave so some of the members can join me on the floor. Leave. And as they're coming, some of these community leaders are Brian Pickett. He is the Polemark, which is also the president of the local Little Rock alumnae chapter. We have Antonio Mosby, who is a local firefighter. We have Mr.—oh, I thought Mr. Walker was here. We have Troy Ellison, who is one of my officers in the Little Rock Police Department. And then we have Mr. Haney, who works for UAMS. And these are all local leaders here. So today, we recognize Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated for his positive— Senator Scott, before you get started, I
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Speaker 8 12:27
would ask members, Senator Hill, I would ask members to
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 12:33
any extra business that you need to discuss to take it out in the hall while we are presenting this resolution.
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Senator Jamie Scott Unverified 12:41
Senator Scott, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor. Okay, to recognize Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated for its positive impact upon its communities in the state of Arkansas, the nation, and the world, whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated is a collegiate Greek letter fraternity founded on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University, whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated has over 150,000 members and 700 undergraduate chapters and alumni chapters in every state in the United States in the world. Whereas members of Calpa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated are risk takers, trailblazers, change makers with a passion for achievement in every field of human endeavor, uplifting their communities and developing the current and next generation of leaders. Whereas the founding members of Calpa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated were God-fearing, serious-minded young men with the imagination, ambition, courage, and determination to defy custom in the pursuit of a college education and career, and they decided that their fraternity would be more than just a social organization and would instead be founded upon the concept of achievement, whereas Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated is the second oldest existing collegiate historically black Greek letter fraternity, and its members are proud that its constitution has never contained a clause that would exclude any man from membership because of his color, creed, or national origin. Whereas local chapters of Calpha Alpha Psi, Fraternity Incorporated, participate in community outreach activities that feed the homeless, provide scholarships to young people who are matriculating to college, serve as mentors to young men, participate in blood drives, and serve as a host to seminars on public health awareness. and the fraternity also provides summer enrichment camps. They have also nationally donated over a million dollars to the St. Jude Research Hospital. Whereas members of Calpha Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated have also answered the call of service by proudly serving in the United States Army, Force, and since World War I in raising funds to assist those in need following national disasters such as the tornado that we had locally. be it resolved, the Senate of the 95th General Assembly of the state of Arkansas, that the Senate recognize Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated for its positive impact in the community, the state of Arkansas, the nation, and the world. And with that, I ask for a good motion.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 15:25
Thank you, Senator Scott. All those in favor of Senate Resolution 32 to recognize Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity for its positive impact upon its communities, the state of Arkansas, the nation, and the world. Please signify by saying aye. Any opposed, ayes have it. Senate Resolution 32 is adopted. Senator Wallace, you are recognized for an introduction.
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Senator Dave Wallace Unverified 16:01
Thank you, Governor. Just line it up right over here. Fellow senators, I'd like to introduce today. Please come over here. We have a delegation from Vietnam. Their duties are very similar to our Bureau of Legislative Research. They do a very similar job for their prime minister, their ministers, and their national assembly. Anyway, 1995, United States and Vietnam normalized relationships. Since that time, Vietnam has become our 10th largest trading
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Speaker 76 16:47
partner. They have a beautiful country,
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Senator Dave Wallace Unverified 16:55
beautiful waterfalls, a very long beautiful coastline with sandy beaches and rainforests and jungles. And I'd like to welcome them, and if you all would, please join me in a
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Speaker 76 17:18
warm welcome from our friends. Could we have a few words
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 17:24
for one of our friends to say something?
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Speaker 82 17:29
Thank you, Senator Ballas, and yes, you're a recognizer. Thank you, Senator. Madam President, honorable senators for Arkansas, we are a group of parliamentary staff from Vietnam. We come here on a program hosted by the U.S. Congressional Office for International Leadership. Thank you so much for this special opportunity. It's our great honor to be here. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.
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We will now take up House Concurrent Resolution 1007.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 18:20
House Concurrent Resolution 1007 by Representative Painter and Senator Penzo to encourage the United States Congress to reevaluate the Medicare physician fee schedule locality structure and ensure accurate geographic practice cost indices in the metropolitan statistical areas of this state.
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Chair Unverified 18:39
Senator Penzo, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues,
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Senator Clint Penzo Unverified 18:46
today I present a resolution focused on fairness and health care reimbursement. reimbursement. Arkansas currently ranks among the bottom three states for Medicare reimbursement rates, and that needs to change. Right now, the federal government applies a uniform approach to Medicare payments across our state without considering the economic differences between regions. Operating a medical practice in northwest Arkansas is not the same as operating one in the Delta, just as rural and urban areas face different costs and challenges. Yet our reimbursement rates fail to account for these differences. This resolution urges Congress to reevaluate Arkansas's Medicare payment structure to ensure our health care providers receive fair and competitive reimbursement. When rates don't reflect the actual cost of care, it becomes increasingly difficult to attract and retain the medical professionals our communities rely on. CMS reviews locality designations every three years and we're asking them to give Arkansas the consideration it deserves in this cycle. This is not about seeking special treatment. It is about applying a practical and data-driven approach, just as other growing states have benefited from. Our reimbursement rate should reflect the reality of providing health care across Arkansas. I ask your support on HCR 1007 to help ensure our state's health care system remain strong and sustainable. Thank you.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 20:16
Thanks, Senator Penzo. All those in favor of House Concurrent Resolution 1007 to encourage the United States Congress to reevaluate the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Locality Structure, and Ensure Accurate Geographic Practice Cost. These for the Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the State, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. House concurrent resolution 1007 is concurred in. We will now take return to house. We will now take up amendment
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Speaker 86 20:48
1 to Senate bill 299. Amendment 1 to
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 20:52
Senate bill 299. Senator Hammer you're recognized.
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 20:55
Thank you madam governor. My bill my amendment. All
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 21:00
those in favor of the amendment please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing.
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Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 329. Amendment 1
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to Senate Bill 329. Senator Boyd, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President.
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified 21:22
This is my bill, my amendment. I'd appreciate a good vote.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 21:25
All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 343. Amendment 1 to
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Speaker 102 21:39
Senate Bill 343. Thank you. My bill, my amendment. Thank you, Senator Irvin. All those
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 21:44
in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 353. Senator Hester, you're recognized.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 21:55
Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 353. Is this my bill, my amendment?
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 22:08
All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted.
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Please send to engrossing. Now take up Amendment 1 to House Bill
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1193. Amendment 1 to House Bill 1193. Senator Blake Johnson, you're recognized. House Bill, my amendment. All
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Speaker 86 22:38
those in favor, please signify by saying aye.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 22:41
Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Send to engrossing. Amendment 1 to House Bill 1405. Amendment
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1 to House Bill 1405. Senator Boyd, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. And this
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified 23:01
adds my name as the Senate sponsor to House Bill 1405. I'd appreciate a good vote. All those
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 23:07
in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing. We will now take
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Speaker 8 23:19
up the Senate calendar, beginning with Senate Bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 23:25
183. Senate Bill 183 by Sen. Dotson. to amend the Universal Act Assessment Program Act and to amend the types of assessments public schools may provide to students. Senator Dodson,
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Senator Jim Dotson Unverified 23:40
you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. Members, Senate Bill 183 expands assessment options for students throughout the state of Arkansas. Currently, the state pays for the ACT as the Universal ACT Assessment Program. This would amend that act to allow for a little more robust set of options for students to be able to take in grades 9 and 10 a various pre-ACT. let me get to the list, sorry. Pre-ACT, holistic, the PSAT 8 and 9, the preliminary SAT, National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the pre-ACT 8 and 9, the PSAT 10 or the CLT 10 as an option in grades 9 or 10 and then also in grade 11, a choice of one of the following, the ACT, the SAT or the CLT. So this expand students options for being able to take college assessment tests when they get into the upper grades of high school
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we're happy to try to answer any questions questions for Senator
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 25:01
Dotson, Senator Irvin you're recognized thank you so I think this is amending something that I had put into place because I felt like it was really important for the schools to pay for one initial test of the ACT. My question to you is, not everywhere is it counseled correctly that they need this test in order to go to college. So with your options that you've outlined there, are all of those college tests acceptable and available at all colleges? So they will be, as long
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Senator Jim Dotson Unverified 25:34
as access passes, because this aligns with what's going into access as far as the college assessments for state-supported institutions of higher education or any institution that accepts a state scholarship, they will have to accept the ACT, the SAT, and the CLT. So we're trying to align, I worked with the department to try to align the tests that we're going to pay for as assessments within public schools, public charter schools in the state with what the state-supported institutions of higher education will accept as criteria for college entrance. Right, okay. So
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 26:11
you've aligned it with our in-state schools? Correct. Okay, so
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Chair Unverified 26:16
have y'all looked at out-of-state schools of what they accept or
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Senator Jim Dotson Unverified 26:22
not accept? So there'll probably be a variety of acceptance, depending on where you're at, out-of-state. We don't really have much control over what an out-of-state does, but I know with ACT is something most people are most familiar with. The SAT is as well. The CLT, I know they have around 280 institutions across the country that accept the CLT. So it kind of depends on where the student wants to go. So, for instance, if we have, you know, thousands of students within the state, but some of them want to go to even a college out of state that accepts only the CLT, they could take that assessment, and we would pay for it in-state. And then they would be qualified for whatever. so it's kind of putting in a student's option of what they want to take to align with whatever their higher education goals
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 27:12
will be. Okay, and I appreciate that. I just want to make sure that you've got, you don't have strong counseling at every level of schools and you'd have parents that have a lot of times, especially if they're first generation kids that are going to college for the first time and their parents have no clue or no idea how to navigate the system. Just FYI, we need to make sure we have robust counseling at every school that says, where do you want to go to school? Like, there's got to be an action plan for post-high school. So, and part of that is counseling because so many of these kids, the reason why I passed this bill to begin with is that you had so many kids whose parents had never gone to college before, had no idea that their kid was supposed to take an ACT, and then they were just super behind the eight ball and could never get to college. So I just want to make sure as you're working on this amendment or amending the process that you have really good robust
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Chair Unverified 28:15
counseling at all
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 28:25
those levels. You'll just follow up with
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 28:35
the department or whatever. Thank you. Appreciate it. Any other questions? Appreciate a good vote. Seeing no other. Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senators closed. Any objection rolling the vote? Madam Secretary, please roll the vote.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 28:59
Senator, wish to change his or her vote. King, not voting. Tucker, present. Flowers, no. Any other? Love, present. Any others? Seen, no. Others, please cast up the ballot. By vote of 31 yea, 1 nay, 1 not voting, 2 present. Senate Bill 183 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 276.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 29:31
Senate Bill 276 by Senator Blake Johnson to amend the law concerning surplus lines insurance and to clarify that surplus lines insurance is acceptable coverage for financial responsibility of motor
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Speaker 5 29:44
vehicle insurance coverage. Senator Blake Johnson, you're recognized.
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Chair Unverified 29:48
Members, this bill helps incorporate surplus lines as a possibility for in our automobile insurance system in the bill you can see there's authorized and this adds eligible you're really dealing with admitted and not admitted insurance there there is high risk in the admitted lines but this is going beyond those admitted lines if if you've got a issue that and can't get insurance so these folks can get the insurance that's needed to drive on our roads some of the some of the folks that are in those non-admitted lines are like Lloyd's of London and Berkshire Hathaway and and these are eligible to do business in the state of Arkansas through this bill and I can give you some instances of possible non-coverage, if these are not allowed, is elder transport, cannabis transport, daycare vans, used car lots, and logging trucks. Any questions? Seeing no questions. Anyone
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 31:01
wish to speak against or for? Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 31:14
roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbafield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Seeing no one,
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 31:37
please cast up the ballot. By a vote of 35 yeas, zero name. Senate Bill 276 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 303. Senate Bill 303 by Senator Deese
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 31:53
to allow a resident school district to permit a private school student to participate in an interscholastic activity at the resident
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Chair Unverified 32:00
school district under certain conditions. Senator Deese, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. Members, 303
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Senator Tyler Dees Unverified 32:06
is about opportunities for our students and being a state where we hang our hat on being the land of opportunity it's it's a great bill this is really pretty simple it mimics what we did with homeschool students allowing them to take part in triple a activities we've had a lot of homeschool students that will no longer be homeschool students starting next year when they participate in the learns act when it becomes universal and so what this bill says is that if they are now private school students a lot of These co-ops have turned into private schools to be accredited now that they are participating in the LEARNS EFA accounts. So in the rare situations where smaller entities, smaller private school students, they don't have AAA sports and activities, they don't have choir and band, and so this would allow them to participate only in their home public school resident school district, and it's permissive, and so the public school district would have the ability to allow, they may permit this situation to happen. We also put in where the funding would follow the student to the public school in this situation. So one-sixth of the foundational funding follows the student to the public school to help pay for any needs associated with that option. So it's just about opportunity for any rare circumstances. I will highlight that it will be similar to what we've seen with homeschool students, which is a very small amount of students. only 96 school districts have any homeschool students participate in AAA activities in their public schools which is about an average of five students in a school district so it's a handful of kids allows them come participate in the band if it makes sense with their family and their schedules and with the funding it should make it easy on both sense in fact I've heard from superintendents how they are excited about this because it's a chance for them to get to engage with students who have not been on their campus a a chance to impress them about their facilities and their engagement on campus. I've heard from parents how they love having more options, and we've worked with the AAA on this bill. There's no issue. So with that, I
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 34:19
appreciate a good vote. Happy for any questions if needed. Questions for Senator Deese? Seeing no questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator Deese has closed. Any
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 34:36
objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Ladding, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty,
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Speaker 5 34:55
Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbeville, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator
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Speaker 137 35:01
Davis, no. Senator King, not voting.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 35:06
Senator Hickey, no. Senator Scott, no. Any other senator? Seeing no. Senator Rice, not voting. Please check the board. Any other senator? Senator Irvin, present. Seeing no other. Please cast up the ballot by vote of 29 yea, 29 yay, 3 nay, 2 not voting, 1 present. Senate Bill 303 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 309, we are passing over. We'll now take up Senate Bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 35:51
313. Senate Bill 313 by Senator Irving concerning forensic metal health evaluations and treatment and to promote and improve efficiencies and quality
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Speaker 5 36:01
in the Department of Human Services. Senator Irvin you're
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 36:11
recognized. Thank you Madam President, members of the committee of the Senate. This bill is by far I think one of the most extensive efforts that we've been able to address that is a really critical problem for the state of Arkansas. Systemic and entrenched issues have existed for decades in the forensic mental health system, almost 30 years to be exact. So there's a long, long wait list and wait times for the Arkansas State Hospital, and 99% of the beds at ASH are dedicated to forensics. There are hundreds of detainees in county jails awaiting forensic evaluations and treatment while their condition is worsening. In the meantime, while these individuals that do have very serious mental health issues inside your county jails getting no treatment, their condition is worsening, but they will have a psychotic episode, and your sheriffs, your jailers, and other detainees are dealing with serious physical injuries and issues. On the flip side, you have victims that are trying to receive justice. And this has been a tactic that has been used by the defense councils to order mental health evaluations, which has backed up the system. So if you look at the statistics, I think there's 73% of the order, 73% of the orders on mental health evaluations, the people, the defendants, the detainee is fit to proceed to trial. And so there's this huge backup that has happened. So this legislation is a collaboration of mental health experts, the Department of Human Services, prosecutors and judges what this legislation does it seeks to and to reduce the unnecessary evaluations and ensure that defendants can be evaluated treated and declared fit to proceed and adjudicated a lot faster DHS in addition to this legislation in this policy DHS is adding 16 bed units with the potential of adding more as I said victims will receive justice quicker as if these cases can be adjudicated faster. So I want to just take a moment and thank Senator Hammer. He sat at the table with me and his daughter and son-in-law, and they gave an incredible testimony as being a victim who kept waiting for that trial and waiting for justice for their daughter, and they shared their story that was very personal. and so it was incredibly impactful and incredibly powerful and it just makes you understand that folks we stood in here every day with each other but there's a lot that's going on in our personal lives and there's a lot that our families are dealing with back home and I'm just so grateful that Senator Hammer and his family became vulnerable and shared that very public thing that they're going through and so I'm just grateful and this piece of legislation like I said was a combination of a ton of stakeholders and a lot of work it's a right step forward for the well-being of all of our citizens it's a step in the process and I know we'll have more work you'll see actually two more bills that'll come through public health that are scope of practice bills, but those are to train up extra people that can do these mental health evaluations so we can add to the workforce of the people that are actually going to help unlogjam the system. So that's what the bill does, and I'd be happy to answer any questions. Questions for Senator
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 40:08
Irvin? Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 40:13
President. Senator Irvin, I appreciate what you're doing with this bill. Obviously, we have a serious need, and I know there are criminals that need to be adjudicated faster. But there are also, and I happen to have an acquaintance who is clearly mentally ill to me, and he has been locked up in a county jail for a long, long time. And that's denying him justice as well. That's right. And how will someone in his situation benefit from Senate Bill 313?
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 40:50
So you're 100% right. There is an individual right now that is 10 days, well, at this point, less than 10 days, short of five years of being in the Washington County Jail awaiting treatment, awaiting evaluation, and awaiting treatment. This bill is designed to get those evaluations done much, much quicker through the judicial system. For 2023, there were 2,957 orders for mental evaluations at DHS. Again, 76% of those fitness-to-proceed evaluations the defendant was found fit to proceed. But to your exact point, I had a phone call from a Searcy County Jail sheriff who said, you know, I've had this individual lingering in my county jail now for three years. This is inhumane. We've got to get them help. We've got to get them treatment. And so we were able to get that person to the state hospital. But so often you'll find people that do have severe mental health illnesses and schizophrenia. I have a friend, I told him in committee, some friends whose brother was a severe schizophrenic and, you know, he beat up her husband. I mean, broke ribs. I mean, it was just horrible. They couldn't do anything other than call the sheriff, you know, and detain him. But that's an individual that is in need of some serious help and their families just can't handle it or deal with it anymore. But the county jail is not necessarily where they need to be. because they are severely mentally ill. So this bill is absolutely designed to get us mental health evaluations done quicker through the judicial system to get justice for everybody involved and for their day in court to be adjudicated faster so they can get treatment faster. It's a
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Chair Unverified 42:49
great question. Thank you, Senator. It was a great answer. Thank you. Thank you. Senator Tucker, you're recognized.
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Senator Clarke Tucker Unverified 42:56
Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Senator, for all of your work on this. I know you spend a ton of time on this, and it's an extremely important issue. We talked a lot in the committee about how we just really need more mental health capacity. We need more beds at the state hospital. We need more mental health resources in jail, but also in the community as well. And just since that was part of the discussion in committee, I just wanted to comment on it. And, you know,
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 43:23
I'll give you an invitation to comment on that as well. Yeah, that's it. Thank you, Senator Tucker, and I appreciate it. We're still working to clarify a little bit of language on the House side, and I made that commitment in committee. There's a lot of people involved, so we're trying to get prosecutors and defense counsel and judges, the administrative office of the courts all together to figure all that out. But there is a huge, I can't emphasize this enough, there is a huge huge need for good policy but also supported with additional options for treatment and care outside of a county jail it just the the jailers and the sheriffs the sebastian county sheriff testified and did a fabulous job of the people that are literally lingering in his jail without any treatment, any help, any services. Eighteen of the Sebastian County Jail Sheriff, 18 out of his population, fit this category. So if you think about it from a capacity standpoint of a county jail and how it's built, 18 of those rooms have to be solitary confinement because these individuals cannot be put with the general population. So you have to have 18 cells just for these individuals. And a lot of county jails don't have that capacity. They just don't have that capacity. Plus, I think Senator Clark had some good discussion about solitary confinement. And when you're somebody going through mental health and mental illness, I mean, think about yourselves. You don't want to be isolated, but we have to isolate them. But that's not necessarily good for their mental health condition, but it is what we have to do. So we've got to get these individuals' help faster. It's just so critical and it's so important. And emphasizing the fact that DHS is adding a 16-bed unit is really, really critical. And the final thing I'll say is that this is probably the biggest bill that the Dream Big Caucus, our Republican Women Legislative Caucus, worked on and part of our package. And so all these women signed on to this bill. They've done a lot of work in this space. Representative Vaught, Representative Moore Representative Dalby, a ton of people have done a lot of work in this space so I'm just standing here as part of the team but thank you in committee I really appreciated your questions and highlighting this crisis that we have, it's a crisis in Arkansas for sure I totally agree, thank you
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Senator Clarke Tucker Unverified 45:59
for the comments thank you for willing to work with me on the language thank you for your work, thank you
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Speaker 42 46:07
Senator any other questions for Senator Urban seeing no other questions anyone wish to speak against or for senator you are
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 46:19
free to close members again i appreciate a good vote and i just want to thank all the people that have worked literally for over a year and a half on this issue um and all their work uh taylor hanford at the arkansas association of counties and the administrative offices of the courts judges prosecutors everybody in the whole mix, all the mental health experts and the folks at DHS that really
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 46:44
dug in and did good work. Thank you. Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 46:50
the vote? Seeing no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Peyton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubberfield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator
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Speaker 137 47:15
King, not voting. Any other senator? Seeing no other,
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 47:19
please cast up the ballot. By a vote of 34 yeas, 0 nay, 1 not voting. Senate Bill 313 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 317. Senate Bill 317 by Senator
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 47:37
Blake Johnson to prohibit an institution of higher education from participating
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Chair Unverified 47:41
in certain activities with a prohibited foreign party. Senator Blake Johnson, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor, and I'm glad to bring this bill to give Senator Irvin a break between her bills. the this bill would keep the institution of higher education from from doing the following things with with these four bad foreign actors it's conducting classified research conducting agriculture research under contract selling agricultural products including without limitation seeds engaging in production of agriculture products are entering into non-disclosure agreements Those folks are our enemies, and we don't want to enable our enemies as a state of Arkansas, and I'd appreciate a good vote. Any questions for
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 48:34
Senator Blake Johnson? Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 48:50
vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Ludding, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubblefield, Sullivan,
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Speaker 5 49:07
Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 49:13
her vote. Senator Flowers, no. Senator Letting, no. Senator Scott, no. Senator Love, present. Senator Tucker, no. Senator Murdoch, present. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot by vote of 29 yea, 4 nay, 2 present. Senate Bill 317 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 344. Senate Bill 344
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 49:49
by Senator Irving to transfer the Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program from the Department of Health to the Department of Transformation and Shared Services and to amend the law concerning the Healthy Lifestyle Program. senator urban you're recognized thank you madam president senate bill 344 transfers the arkansas healthy employee lifestyle program from the department of health to the department of transformation and shared services this program was started in 2005 by governor mike huckabee as a way to incentivize employees to live healthier employees can earn points for exercising eating fruits and vegetables, not smoking, and participating in various wellness programs. Points can be exchanged for up to three days of leave per 12-month period. And even though we are able to participate in this program, we don't get three days of leave. Sorry. We as in the legislature. This bill does move the program so it can be evaluated as part of the overall employee benefits package, including ways to improve and expand the program to more employees. There is no fiscal impact as the program has been in existence for 20 years and the state spends approximately $1 million per year on this program.
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Chair Unverified 51:05
I'll be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Irvin?
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 51:13
Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator Irvin, you're recognized closed. I'm closed. I appreciate a good vote. Senator has closed. Any objection rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 51:25
Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbafill, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 51:51
his or her vote? King, not voting. any other senator seeing no other please cast up the ballot by a vote of 34 yay zero nay one not voting senate bill 344 passes please transmit to the house senate
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 52:14
bill 345 senate bill 345 by senator irving to promote tourism and economic development by improving efficiency of the private club permitting process of hotels, restaurants, and large event facilities, and to remove an overly burdensome tax requirement. Senator Urban, you're
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Chair Unverified 52:30
recognized. Thank you, Madam President. I really thank Senator Wallace and Senator
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 52:36
Rice for running my bill for me in committee. There was this really strange requirement to establish a non-profit corporation in order to obtain a private club permit. It was overly burdensome, and it resulted in the necessity of filing multiple tax returns and other business filings for each business location in the same corporation. So what this bill does is it eliminates that. It basically just makes it straightforward that if you're applying for this private club permit, you're not required to form a non-profit corporation but shall otherwise comply with all the requirements of the subsection of having your corporate corporation partnership individual or LLC company. So it just eliminates that burden. It was unnecessary and that's what the bills aim to do. Clearly Arkansas is a natural state and we're trying to promote tourism and we need people to establish restaurants and in all locations in the state, wherever they're located. So that's what this bill does. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Questions for
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 53:50
Senator Irvin? I see Senator Petty and Senator Mark Johnson. Senator Petty, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam
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Senator Jim Petty Unverified 53:58
President. So I like what you're doing here. Just a question, though. All of those that have existed pre this bill, assuming it passes, will they get relief or will they automatically have some sort of administrative relief so they can transfer it out of the nonprofit into another to avoid the tax filings and so forth? Yes, I
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 54:19
believe they will get immediate relief. That's the aim of the goal. I mean, the aim of the bill as well is just to eliminate that burden for all. But I will make sure, and if it's not in the bill, I'm pretty sure that's correct, but I will let you know, 100% agree, it was stupid and unnecessary, and there was this like time limit that it had to be a non-profit in existence for one year or more. And so literally you had different attorneys in the state of Arkansas who had these sitting on the shelf and would sell them at a pretty high premium to people who were wanting to open up restaurants and apply for a private club license. Senator Johnson? Yeah, Patty? Yes. We want to eliminate this for everybody. Senator Love,
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Senator Fredrick J. Love Unverified 55:19
you're recognized. Thank you. Thank you. Senator Urban, I'm just trying to understand something. Are these non-profits, is this just to purchase alcohol? Is this what? honestly so
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 55:30
i mean a private club is to be able to have a private club license to be able to sell purchase and sell alcohol and we're not changing any of that what we're eliminating is in order to even apply to get a private club permit you had to establish a non-profit corporation in order to just apply for a private club permit okay all right thank you
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Speaker 102 55:58
Senator Hickey, you're recognized. Just one,
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Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr Unverified 56:01
Senator Irvin. I want to make sure that we have this written correctly. On page 7, lines 25, 26, 27, it says a restaurant holding a hotel restaurant or large event facility private club permit may not generate more than 35% of the restaurant's revenue from the sale of alcohol, period. Does that need to say it that way, or does it say, and be a non-profit? I wasn't for sure if we needed to have some additional language right there just as
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Speaker 123 56:35
I was scanning through it. I mean, I'm not sure if it needs, because we're trying to eliminate the nonprofit
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Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr Unverified 56:42
corporation. I understand. It's just that sentence by itself, you know, standing alone.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 56:46
I wasn't for sure if... I mean, I
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Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr Unverified 56:52
can check on it for you and... Sure. And again, maybe it's within the additional language. It would seem to me that it says that a restaurant, hotel restaurant or large event facility, private club permit, if that's really what we mean, that they can't generate more than 35% of their revenue, then that's okay. But I just wanted to make sure we didn't need to put more there. I don't know if there's anyone such as that.
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Speaker 179 57:17
But anyway. I understand what you're saying. Maybe just something to look at.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 57:25
Okay, I'll look at that. Make sure that it's written correctly. I will. I'll make sure that that's correct. I mean, I think the whole idea here is that a private club is, you know, it's different than a
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 57:38
bar, so to speak. Thank you. Any other questions? Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator Irvin, you're recognized closed. I'm closed. I'd appreciate your votes. Senator has closed. any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing, hearing, no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Wallace. Any Senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator Clark, present. Senator Love, present. Senator King, not voting. Senator Dodson, no. Senator Love, no. Any other Senator? Senator Penzo, present. Any other senators? Senator Stubblefield, present. Any other senators? Please check the board. Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot. By vote of 29 yea, 2 nay, 1 not voting, 3 present. Senate Bill 345 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 59:14
351 Senate Bill 351 by Senator Dismaine to amend the law concerning ethics and campaign finance to amend portions of initiated act 1 of 1990 and to amend portions of initiated
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Chair Unverified 59:25
act 1 of 1996 Senator Dismaine, you're recognized Thank you, Governor Members, this
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 59:31
is a bill that was brought to me by the Ethics Commission It does four main things. First, it would prohibit someone that is not a statutory list of permissible contributors from making a contribution. Currently, that liability extends only to the candidate who accepts the contribution. Second, this bill clarifies that independent expenditure committees and PACs are subject to the same four-year record retention requirement applicable to candidates. Third, the bill in Sections 10 and 11 makes the reporting requirements for exploratory committees and IECs consistent with those applicable to candidates. And fourth and finally, the bill, Section 17, allows BQCs and LQCs to keep and reuse campaign signs in the same manner that is allowed for candidates. I'm happy to take any questions. Questions
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:00:21
for Senator Dismang? Seeing no questions. anyone wish to speak against or for. Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:00:38
the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crull, Davis, Dees, Dismain, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbeville, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any
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Speaker 5 1:00:57
senator wish to change his or her vote? King, not voting. Any other senator? Seeing
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:01:09
no other, please cast up the ballot. By vote of 34 yeas, 0 nay, 1 not voting. Senate Bill 351 passes and the course rather senate bill 351 passes please transmit to the house senate
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Speaker 7 1:01:26
bill 365 symbol 365 by senator bright to amend the arkansas small brewery act to authorize the operation of three
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Speaker 5 1:01:35
small brewery tap rooms by a holder of a small brewery license senator bright you're recognized thank you
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:01:41
madam president members this bill is brought to you on behalf of a constituent, on behalf of the Brewers Guild of Arkansas, if you currently want to operate a brewery as a small business and sell food, you go under the restaurant brewery provision of the code, and you're authorized up to three tap rooms. If you do not want to sell food, you can operate underneath the small brewery license, but you're only authorized two tap rooms. So in order to get that one extra tap room to further expand or be an entrepreneur spirit, you have to upgrade your license into the restaurant brewery at quite an expense, not only to the brewery license itself, but also the permits for the tap rooms. In talking to ABC, there's all kinds of confusion around this. They see no reason why back in the day when this was passed, it wasn't also three tap rooms when you're essentially selling the same product. The main difference between the brewery restaurant and the small brewery is Spiritus Liquors are allowed as a mixed drink with us with the brewery restaurant but not with a tap room so the brewers guild is asking that we bring parity to the two licensing and they can operate
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:02:57
an additional tap room questions for senator bryant i see senator mark johnson and senator
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:03:03
payton mark johnson you're recognized thank you madam president senator bryant i'm somewhat familiar with this, but you mentioned the difference between a small brewery restaurant is a different animal. I guess I'm really needing to know what the definition of a tap room is. Is this in one physical location, like with two rooms, or is it down the street or in another county? It can be, yes,
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:03:29
Senator Johnson. It can be either or. It's to dispense the product. So most small breweries will have a product preparation place, and then they'll put usually a attach a small tap room to it so they can just dispense and have people come and try their product and then they might go co-locate at an existing place that does not sell food and they can have their tap room there as well. But that's it. It's almost like an endorsement off the small brewery. Whereas a brewery restaurant is a larger animal. They can have mixed drinks. The quantities are the same. 45,000 barrels are the same. But then they have to acquire additional permits to sell at different locations that also sell food and require the different inspections for health association
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:04:14
or health department, etc. Okay, does a brewery that has these tap rooms can they sell you know
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:04:22
what a growler is? Yes, like a stein. Like a
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:04:28
jug. Well, it's no way else. It's a jug. It's like a take-home jug of beer. It's called a growler. Can they sell growlers in both tap rooms or all three tap rooms? I mean, I know we're getting in the weeds, but Alcohol Lock
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:04:42
does get you in the weeds. Yes, I believe they can sell, you know, beer, their product, beer at a small brewery and a
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:04:52
brewery restaurant. Okay, well, I know I may be comparing apples to oranges, but I have a situation in my district that I think he's a brewery restaurant. he can't sell beer to a restaurant a block away so but unless he goes through a distributor of course and i'm just hoping we're not opening a loophole that would help one entity and then hurt another one yeah it's it's it's literally just changing
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:05:19
the word two to the word three um so there is no anything that is provisional in the code now will remain in code as far as
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:05:27
changes. Ownership. Okay. Thank you, Senator. Thank you, Madam
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Senator John Payton Unverified 1:05:36
President. Senator Payton, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Just, I think, I know, but I just want to make sure this does not infringe on the dry local election areas.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:05:48
It does not. Okay, thank you. Any other questions for Senator Bryant? I'm seeing no questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator Bryant, you're recognized, closed. Senator Bryant has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection,
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:06:05
Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubblefield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:06:27
wish to change his or her vote King not voting. Love? No. Dees? No. Hammer? Present. Dotson? Present. Senator Flowers? Present. Senator Stubblefield, no. Senator Rice, present. Crowell, present. Any others? Please check the board. Seen, no others. Please cast up the ballot by a vote of 26. Yay, 3 nay, 1 not voting, 5 present. Senate Bill 365 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 370. Senate Bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:07:18
370 by Senator Irving to transfer the Arkansas Wine Producers Council from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and declare an emergency.
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Chair Unverified 1:07:29
Senator Irving, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:07:33
This Senate Bill 370 transfers the Arkansas Wine Producers Council from the Department of Commerce to the Tourism Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, where it really should have been to begin with. this has the support of both of the departments and the governor's office the transfer will align with the council's goal of wine promotion with the state agency whose role and function it is to promote the natural state and tourism to travelers let's see the tourism division will extend its expertise in promotion and marketing to collaborate with the council on their initiatives I'll be happy to answer any
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Speaker 42 1:08:15
questions questions for Senator Irvin Seeing no questions, anyone
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:08:21
wish to speak against or for? Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection,
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:08:27
Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone,
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Speaker 7 1:08:45
Stubbafield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish
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Speaker 137 1:08:50
to change his or her vote? Senator King, not voting. Senator Love, present. Senator Deese, no. Any other
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Speaker 42 1:09:02
senator? Please check the board. Seeing no other, please cast
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:09:09
up the ballot by vote at 32 yea, 1 nay, 1 not voting, 1 present. Senate Bill 370 passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted. Please transmit to the House. Senate Senate Bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:09:24
374. Senate Bill 374 by Senator Davis to amend the law concerning the civil
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:09:30
service system. Senator Davis, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. This bill is specifically for civil service, police, and fire departments. It really just lets the chiefs run their own departments. Right now, they can only hold testing two times a year. And with the law enforcement shortage, it's really challenging when you have people ready to test and you want to send them to the academy which is held multiple times throughout the year they miss a lot of rotations of the academy and it's hard to fill slots when people are available and qualified to do the job so this just loosens up the requirements um in the sense of how they can call people in for testing and lets the police chiefs and fire chiefs have a little more flexibility in running their departments i'm happy to answer any questions any questions for Senator Davis. Anyone wish to speak for, rather against, or for? Senator, you are recognized closed. Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:10:36
Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Ludding, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Peyton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbafield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:10:57
his or her vote? Senator King not voting. Any other senator? Tucker present. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot. By a vote of 33 yeas, 0 nay, 1 not voting, 1 present. Senate Bill 374 passes. Please transmit to the House. We will
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Speaker 64 1:11:27
now begin House bills, beginning with House Bill 1184. House Bill 1144,
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:11:37
I mean 1184 by Representative Johnson and Senator Hill to amend the Fair Mortgage Lending Act and to protect the
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consumer's privacy in certain mortgage applications.
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified 1:11:48
Senator Hill, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor. Colleagues, if any of y'all have ever had a mortgage loan or even an auto loan in the last five to ten years, and it's kind of getting worse, the credit reporting agencies are selling your credit information off when you have your credit pulled. This bill simply says that they can continue to do that, but especially if you have a mortgage. If you apply for a mortgage, now they're selling the information off, And usually within 24 hours, you'll start receiving phone calls from other companies. A lot of them are out of state. They're unknown where they're from. They won't disclose who they're with to you, but they make it sound like they're a loan processor or I'm going to be working your mortgage from now on. So this just says that they cannot do that. If they do it, they must identify who they are, who they're with, and where they got your information from. A lot of times they perceive that they're with the bank that you're with or with the mortgage company that you're currently with. This is a bill that's supported by both Banker's Association and the Mortgage Association. Now, this does not prohibit them from doing it. They must just disclose what they're doing. And if you're on the do not call list, they cannot call you. With that being said, I'll take any questions. any questions
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:13:14
for senator hill anyone wish to speak against or for senator hill you're recognized close thank you madam senator has closed any
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:13:33
objection to rolling the vote seeing no objection please roll the vote boyd bryant caldwell clark crow davis dees Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone,
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Speaker 5 1:13:54
Stubblefield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:13:59
or her vote? King, not voting. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot. By vote of 34, yay, 0, nay, 1, not voting, House Bill 1184 passes. Please return to the House. We are going to put House Bill 1238 at the end of the House calendar. We will now take up House Bill 1245. We are passing over House Bill 1245.
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Speaker 163 1:14:34
we will now take up house
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:14:40
bill 1307 house bill 1307 by representative burks and senator bryant to ensure responsible fund management and to amend the uniform prudent management of institutional
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Speaker 5 1:14:51
funds account 2006. senator bryant you're recognized. thank
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified 1:14:54
you madame president members house bill 1307 brought to us by representative mcclendon is, furthers her quest to ensure that we are responsible in our endowments and investments across the state. If you remember back in 2023, she sponsored a bill to eliminate ESG funding that was not in the fiduciary responsibility of the state out of our state agencies. This applies that same methodology into our two and four year state agencies just to ensure that they are not investing our endowments into funds that do not have a financial benefit to the state. However, if it event that there is a financial investment to the state, even though some ESG principles are followed, there is a provision for transparency to ask for that ability to invest in that fund, and if it meets the responsibility of the law, then that fund is allowed to be invested in. So with that, I'll take any questions. Any questions for
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:15:51
Senator Bryant? Anyone wish to speak against or for? has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Madam Secretary, please roll the vote.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:16:04
Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Filippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Steberfield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any
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Speaker 5 1:16:27
senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator King not voting.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:16:34
Senator Tucker no. Flowers, Senator Flowers present. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please. Seeing no other. Hold on, Senator Scott present. Anyone else? Please check the board. Seeing
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Speaker 42 1:16:57
no other, please cast up the
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:17:00
ballot by vote of 31 yea, 1 nay, 1 not voting. To present, House Bill 1307 passes, please return as amended to the House. House Bill 1309. House Bill 1309 by Representatives
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:17:20
Rose and Senator Irving to amend the law concerning coverage of examinations for breast cancer, and to clarify the cost-sharing requirements for examinations
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for breast cancer. Senator Irvin, you're recognized.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:17:35
Thank you, Madam President. I want to say how much I appreciate Representative Rose and all of my colleagues whose wives have gone through breast cancer. I appreciate that you are their supporter, you're their advocate, their champion, and that's what Representative Rose is doing, and I'm just honored to be able to carry his bill. This bill eliminates any cost-sharing requirement for mammograms, co-pays, anything like that. It's really just to try to make sure that we eliminate all the barriers from a woman who needs to seek care and treatment to catch that breast cancer as early as possible so that they can have a better chance of survival. that's what the bill does and again just want to thank him for his advocacy and support for his wife and all of those all of you guys that I serve with who have gone through this with their wives I'd be happy to answer any questions any questions
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:18:44
for Senator Irvin anyone wish to speak against or for Senator you are recognized closed I'm closed appreciate a good vote Senator is closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary,
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:19:01
please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stebafil, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. any senator wish to
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:19:24
change his or her vote senator king not voting senator payton present any other senator seeing no other please cast up the ballot by vote of 33 yay zero nay one not voting one present house bill 1309 passes please return to the house house bill
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:19:54
1325 House Bill 1325 by Representative Cooper and Senator Dotson to allow a member of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System to reserve service credit from service under an alternative
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Chair Unverified 1:20:06
retirement plan to meet eligibility requirements. Senator Dotson, you're recognized. Thank you,
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Senator Jim Dotson Unverified 1:20:11
Madam President. Members, House Bill 1325 deals with reciprocal service under APERS. The purpose is to allow APERS members to use prior service in alternative retirement plans toward their retirement eligibility, provided that they meet the specific conditions. A member of APERS who was previously enrolled in an alternative retirement plan can receive credited service for each year of employment under that alternative plan to meet eligibility requirements for a monthly retirement benefit from APERS. The service credit is only applicable if the member did not vest in the alternative retirement plan and did not receive a payment or withdrawal contributions from the alternative plan for the period of covered employment. The service credit will not be granted until the member provides documentation from both the covered employer and the alternative retirement plan verifying those conditions and the executive director of APERS reviews the documentation and confirms its efficiency. Fiscal impact on this, the actuary said it will be a very small number of people who this even might qualify for, so it would not have a significant impact to the APERS or its contribution rate, and I'd be more
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:21:29
than happy to try to answer any questions. Any questions for Senator Dotson? Anyone wish to speak against or for? Take a good vote. Four. Senator
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Speaker 5 1:21:41
has closed. Any objection to rolling the
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:21:45
vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Curl, Davis, Dees, Dismayne, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting the Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbeville, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace.
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Any senator wish to change his or
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her vote? Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot. By a vote of 35 yea, 0 nay. House Bill 1325 passes. Please return to the House. House Bill
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1400. House Bill 1400 by Representative Richmond and Senator Stubblefield to amend the law concerning the redemption of a tax delinquent partial and to
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exempt disabled veterans from certain penalties when redeeming a tax delinquent parcel. Senator Stubblefield, you are recognized.
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Senator Gary Stubblefield Unverified 1:22:39
Thank you, Madam Governor. This is a very simple bill. and it's a very good bill for our veterans. By code, the Commissioner of State Land has always required a 10% penalty on taxes owed per year. Any veteran who is 100% disabled, if we pass this bill, will be exempt from that 10% penalty. There's no state physical impact or county physical impact. Commissioner of State Lands says this might cost them $8,000 to $10,000 a year or so. With that, I'd
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be glad to take any questions. Any questions for Senator Stubblefield? Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator has closed.
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Any objections to rolling the vote? Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Krull, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Blake Johnson, Hill, Irving, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting the Love, McKee,
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Murdoch, Peyton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Seba Phil, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace.
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Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot. by a vote of 35 yea, 0 nay. House Bill 1400 passes. Please return to the House. House Bill 1465.
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House Bill 1465 by Representative Gonzales and Senator McKee concerning dirt bike use on private property and to establish the liability
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of an owner of private property. Senator McKee, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor.
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Senator Matt McKee Unverified 1:24:28
Members, this is a pretty simple bill, Just establishing liability for property owners. Be happy
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to take any questions. Questions for Senator McKee? Seeing no questions. Anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator has closed. Any objection to rolling the vote?
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Seeing no objection. Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stuboffel, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to
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change his or her vote?
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Senator King not voting. Senator Flowers present. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 yea, 0 nay, 1 not voting, 1 at present. House Bill 1465 passes. Please return to the House
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as amended. House Bill 1466. House Bill 1466 by Representative Aker
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and Senator Boyd to amend the Fair Mortgage Lending Act. Senator Boyd, you're
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified 1:25:56
recognized. Thank you, Madam President. House Bill 1466. This bill updates rules for non-bank financial institutions. This bill updates prudential standards. Specifically, it updates financial condition and corporate governance. The standards apply to servicers who service at least 2,000 loans and operate in two or more states and cover both agency and non-agency servicing. This bill provides flexibility to state regulators to increase requirements for high-risk services servicers or even suspend requirements in times of economic, societal or environmental volatility. Then additionally this bill adds language to allow the Securities Department to examine and enforce data security standards based on the Federal Trade Commission safeguard rules. It provides a common set of data security standards enforceable by state regulators. It's a model law creating comprehensive framework for non-bank data security. Again, it's based on the Federal Trade Commission safeguards rules to ensure protection of sensitive information and reduce regulatory burden. Then finally, state regulators are often the only regulatory enforcing data security measures. Any questions for Senator Boyd?
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Question by Senator Hill. You're recognized.
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified 1:27:17
Senator Boyd, what are we actually trying to accomplish with this? there seems a
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified 1:27:22
lot of changes in here. Yeah, so, thank you. So, first of all, this is non-bank financial institutions, okay? Okay. That are, who are mortgaging lenders. And then there are basically two points. First of all, providing for prudential
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standards, and secondly, providing for data security. What do you mean, prudential standards?
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified 1:27:44
So, the standards focus on two main areas, financial conditions such as capital and liquidity and corporate governance. Thank you, sir. No, thank you. Any other questions? Anyone
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wish to speak against or for? Senator? I'd appreciate a good vote. Thank you. Senator has closed. Any objections to rolling the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote.
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Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubblefield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to
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change his or her vote? Senator King, not voting. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot. By vote of 34, yay, 0, nay, 1, not voting, House Bill 1466 passes. Please return to the House. House Bill 1568. House Bill
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1568, by Representative Childress and Senator Hammer, to amend the law concerning examinations, investigations, and post-mortem examinations, and to amend the law requiring a post-mortem examination when a death is by apparent drug, alcohol, or poison toxicity.
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 1:29:20
Senator Hammer, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam Governor. This bill is brought to you by the Coroner Association and the Hospital Association is agreeable to the bill. It defines what hospitalization means when dealing with the drug, alcohol, or poison death. It only deals with deaths in the hospital situations, although the details have to go to a post-mortem exam. It says that if the deceased is admitted to the hospital, then they do not have to go to the crime lab. But if they die in the ER, they will have to go to the crime lab. And this is to help clear up some confusion as far as at a point in which somebody passes away related to a drug or alcohol death, when are they actually technically admitted to the hospital and once they're admitted to the hospital then it can be dealt with one way if they're in the ER though they would be sent to the crime lab and this will help relieve some of the pressure on the crime lab we'll be glad to take any questions Senator
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Hill, you're recognized for a question Senator Hamer, is
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified 1:30:18
this bill being brought to us by the insurance companies for life insurance?
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified 1:30:22
No, this was denial for a case There was nothing mentioned about that in committee. It's brought by the Coroner Association because they are wanting to distinguish the point at which someone is admitted to the hospital for the purpose of whether they would go to the crime lab or the information that's gathered could be used sufficient enough being hospitalized. But there was no reference to anything with regards to anything about insurance in the committee or the presentation or anything of that nature. Thank you. You're welcome.
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Any other questions for Senator Hammer? Seeing no questions, anyone wish to speak against or for? Senator, you are recognized to close. Thank you. Appreciate your
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vote. Senator is closed. Any objection to rolling
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the vote? Seeing no objection, Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbafield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace.
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Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator King, not voting. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 34, yay, 0, nay, 1, not voting. House Bill 1568 passes. Please return to the House. We will now go back and take up House Bill 1238.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:31:59
House Bill 1238 by Representative Kavanaugh and Senator Sullivan to authorize a mortgager to recover fees in certain circumstances under the statutory foreclosure law. Senator Sullivan, you're recognized. Thank you,
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Senator Dan Sullivan Unverified 1:32:11
Madam President. Members, this bill doesn't do much. It kind of clarifies a few things in the current law. If you're looking at the bill, it lists three areas where the attorney's fees will not be awarded. Otherwise, the judge, if you look up early, in line 25, it said the mortgagor may recover reasonable attorney's fees. and then it lists on the next six areas where they may not list those. There was no opposition in the House, no opposition in the Senate committee. Senator Hill, who supports this bill, walked out on me to answer any questions. But I think it's a pretty simple bill, and I'd appreciate a good vote. Oh, there he is.
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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 vote.
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Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Senator King not voting. Senator
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Flowers present. Any other senator? Seeing no other, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 33 yea, 0 nay, 1 not voting, 1 present. House Bill 1238 passes. Please return to the House as amended. We will now take up the budget calendar.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:34:04
Senator Dismang, you're recognized. Thank you, members. On your calendar, we have Senate Bill 22, which we're going to need to adopt an amendment. And then we have the... All right, then we'll need to adopt the amendment on the next series there and the rest of the Senate bills we will vote as a batch. But I'll read those out individually.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:34:35
We can pull one out if we need
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:34:44
to pull it out. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 22. Transfer 16 positions from five state agencies to the Office of Lottery and the Department of Inspector General's internal audit section to place internal auditors across the government into the department. Adds
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$10 million to the appropriation. All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed?
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Amendment is adopted. Please send to engrossing.
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Amendment 1, Senate Bill 38. All right, this bill, or this amendment transfers $500,000 from unobligated and unallocated monies remaining in the Arkansas State Medical Board cash fund to the Department of Education. This is for GME funds. All
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those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:35:30
is adopted. Please send to engrossing. Amendment 1, Senate Bill 39. This is
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:35:36
for a decrease of eight positions. All those in
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Speaker 85 1:35:40
favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment
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is adopted. Please send to engrossing. Amendment 1, Senate Bill 92. This removes special
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language that we added during the appropriation or to their appropriation during the budget hearings. This was in reference to the requirement of a state or a report on vehicle or fleet management and they provided that fleet management study. All those in favor of the amendment, please signify by saying aye.
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Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to
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engrossing. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 93. All
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right, this amendment deletes the fiscal division manager position from ADE's shared services, regular salary section, and adjusts the total down one position to accommodate for the decrease. All those in favor of
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the amendment, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. Ayes have it. Amendment is
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adopted. Please send to engrossing. Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 124.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:36:44
This is an amendment by Senator Caldwell. It amends $6.5 million to the State Treasury Appropriation, UA Division of Ag. Their staff stated it was needed to accommodate for future general revenue funding. As an aside, their budget request is $6.5 million lower in appropriation than in 2025. All those in favor of the amendment,
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Speaker 85 1:37:03
please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Ayes have it. Amendment is adopted. Please send to
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:37:08
engrossing. Senator Dismang. All right, members, I'm going to read through these.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:37:16
if you'd like to pull one out for a separate vote or questions, let me know. Senate Bill 64. Pull out Senate Bill 64 for a separate vote. Senate Bill 334. Senate Bill 335. Senate Bill 336. Senate Bill 337. And Senate Bill 333. All
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right, so Senate Bill 64 first.
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:37:55
Senate Bill 64 by Joint Budget, an act for the Department of Education, Educational Television Division of Appropriation for the
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:38:07
2025-2026 fiscal year. Senator Dismang, you're recognized. Thank you, Governor.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:38:12
This is the AETN appropriation. No questions. Anyone would speak against or for? Senator Sullivan, you're recognized to speak for. Yes.
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Senator Dan Sullivan Unverified 1:38:20
Thank you, Madam President. Folks, we have worked hard with the AETN board. We've come up with a resolution I think we can work together on. And I'm proud to say on Senate Bill 184, I've already drafted an amendment of removing the AETN board from that bill. So we're going to let that board continue to run. Again, the AETN does a great job for our state, and I'm glad to be able to work something out with them. Be glad to take any questions. Senator Mark Johnson, you're recognized.
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:38:51
Thank you, Madam President. Senator Sullivan, thank you for your work on this, and thank you for considering the anxiety that any state agency employee gets when people start changing and moving them around. But this doesn't change anything about the Department of Education. Therefore, the ones right over here in Capitol Mall are over the facility that's the Arkansas PBS. That's what we passed earlier in the session. That remains. Is this in response to the questions that we had discussed about the FCC licensure, and this will keep the entity that would meet the FCC's requirements on how that relationship is made. Will this solve that issue or potential issue? It was a potential issue, and that's one of the issues that we discussed, but that just,
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Senator Dan Sullivan Unverified 1:39:43
again, goes on as is. No change to that. Okay, great. Thank you, Senator, for your work on this. Thank you. In favor of
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 1:39:51
the bill. Thank you. Any other questions?
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Senator Dan Sullivan Unverified 1:39:58
In closing, I'll just say we're trying to work the same thing out with the library board. They're going to have a vote this Thursday, and I'm hopeful we can come to
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:40:15
an agreement with that and pull that bill completely. Thank you, and I ask
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:40:24
for a good vote. Senators have closed. Any objection to rolling the vote? Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Deese, Dismaine, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Peyton, Penzo, Petty, Rice,
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Scott, Stone, Stubblefield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator wish to change his or her vote? Seeing no one, please cast
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up the ballot by a vote of 35 yeas, 0 nay Senate bill
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:40:59
64 passes and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted please transmit to the house we will now take up the batch of budget bills Senate bill 334 by joint
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:41:13
budget an act for the department of education, division of elementary and secondary education, capital Improvement Appropriation. Symbol 335 by Joint Budget, an act for the Department of Education, Arkansas School for the Deaf, Capital Improvement Appropriation. Symbol 336 by Joint Budget, an act for the Department of Health, Capital Improvement Appropriation. Symbol 337 by Joint Budget, an act for the Department of Transformation and Shared Services, Building Authority Division, Capital Improvement Appropriation. And Symbol 333 by Central Flowers, an act for the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Police Station Facility Construction Appropriation for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Anyone
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Speaker 8 1:42:00
which speak against or for? Senators have closed. Any objection to
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:42:09
rolling the vote? Madam Secretary, please roll the vote. Boyd, Bryant, Caldwell, Clark, Crowell, Davis, Dees, Dismane, Dotson, English, Flippo, Flowers, Gilmore, Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, Blake Johnson, Mark Johnson, King, Letting, Love, McKee, Murdoch, Payton, Penzo, Petty, Rice, Scott, Stone, Stubbafield, Sullivan, Tucker, Wallace. Any senator
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wish to change his or her vote? Seeing no one, please cast up the ballot by a vote of 35, yay, zero, name. Senate
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Speaker 103 1:42:47
budget bills beginning with Senate Bill 334, Senate Bill 335, Senate Bill 336, Senate Bill 337, and Senate Bill 333 all pass, and the corresponding emergency clauses are
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:42:59
adopted. Please return to the House. Transmit. Rather, transmit to the House. Madam Secretary, are there items at the desk? Will you committee on
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:43:10
engrossed bills to whom is first sent bill 299 by Senator Hamer, compared then grossed, copied with the original, and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Will you committee on engrossed bills to whom is first sent bill 329 by Senator Boyd, compared then grossed, copied with the original, and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Will you committee on engrossed bills to whom is first sent bill 343 by Senator Irving, compared then grossed, copied with the original, and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Were you committee on engrossed bills to whom was first sent bill 353 by Senator Hester, compared to the engrossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Were you committee on engrossed bills to whom was for House Bill 1193 versus Senator Kavanaugh and Senator Blake Johnson, compared to the engrossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Committee on engrossed bills to whom was for House Bill 1405 by Representative Richardson and Senator Boyd, compared to the engrossed copy of the original and find the same correctly engrossed? Calendar. Senate Bill 415 by Senator Crowell, to authorize the Division of Environmental Quality to maintain a delinquent list of businesses failing to pay a wholesaler of petroleum products for the petroleum products. Senate Bill 415. Agriculture. Senate Bill 416 by Senator Irving, to repeal the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program and to repeal the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund. Senate Bill 416. Transportation. any announcements Senator Irvin you're
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Chair Unverified 1:44:33
recognized thank you Madam President members if you have
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified 1:44:37
a bill in public health if it's a house bill and you're the senate sponsor of it and it's going to be relatively non-controversial I'd like to schedule that bill for Wednesday probably afternoon is when that would run so we've got a busy busy schedule Wednesday for public health morning and afternoon meetings, but if you will track me down and schedule your bills, I'm trying to do that. Please get with me and see me
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Chair Unverified 1:45:10
about that. Other announcements? Senator English, you're recognized.
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Senator Jane English Unverified 1:45:17
Yes, the Senate and the House Education Committees will reconvene upon the end of the House agenda. It should be in the next few minutes, and we will continue on with our voting on the lottery bills. Thank you. Senator Clark, you're recognized. Senate Judiciary meets 15
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minutes upon adjournment. Senator Caldwell, you're
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recognized. Thank you, Madam President.
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Senator Ronald Caldwell Unverified 1:45:49
Senate Ag will meet at 9 tomorrow, not at 10, but at 9 o'clock. Senator
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Hill, you're recognized. Transportation will meet in 15 minutes
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:46:05
upon adjournment. Senator Dismang, you're recognized. Thank you. Members, I just want to give everybody a heads up. We received the letter back from the PSC. It has some red line notations inside the actual bill. I mean, I'm still going through these because of meetings that we've had this morning. But my intent is to adopt each of those amendments into the bill, unless there's just something, there's some provisions that I want to make sure that I understand. My goal, then, is to present that amendment to y'all and adopt that amendment on the floor tomorrow in this chamber as generally was previously discussed when we asked for this additional information or clarification from the PSC. So I don't want anyone to be caught off guard. I will go through the amendment. We can debate it, discuss it. I plan on doing that. But this would be able to get those changes incorporated in the bill. Thank you.
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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified 1:46:51
Any other announcements? Seeing no other announcements, The Senate will stand in adjournment subject to the clearing of the desk until 1.30 p.m. March 11, 2025.
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Agenda

Call to Order

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Roll Call

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Prayer

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Pledge of Allegiance

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Introductions of Senate Pages

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Announcements

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Announcements

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Items to be Read Across the Desk

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RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD READING AND ADOPTION

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SR32 J. Scott TO RECOGNIZE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC., FOR ITS POSITIVE IMPACT UPON ITS COMMUNITIES, THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THE NATION, AND THE WORLD.

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS FOR THIRD READING AND CONCURRENCE

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HCR1007 Painter Penzo TO ENCOURAGE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REEVALUATE THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE LOCALITY STRUCTURE AND ENSURE ACCURATE GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDICES FOR THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS OF THIS STATE.

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SENATE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS

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SB299 #1 K. Hammer Hammer TO REQUIRE A PERSON ASSISTING A VOTER TO PRESENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION; AND TO REQUIRE A STAFF MEMBER TO WITNESS AN ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTING A RESIDENT OF A LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY WITH ABSENTEE VOTING.

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SB329 #1 J. Boyd Boyd TO CREATE THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE GUARANTEES ACT.

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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.

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SB353 #1 Hester Hester TO AMEND THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL BE HELD IN MARCH; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FISCAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS

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HB1193 #1 Cavenaugh B. Johnson TO REQUIRE AN INSURER TO INCLUDE A LIENHOLDER ON PAYMENTS MADE UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY.

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HB1405 #1 J. Richardson Boyd TO AMEND THE STATUTES CONCERNING PROCURERS; AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF A PROCURER BY A LICENSED CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN.

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SENATE BILLS FOR THIRD READING AND PASSAGE

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SB183 J. Dotson TO AMEND THE UNIVERSAL ACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY PROVIDE TO STUDENTS.

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SB276 B. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE; AND TO CLARIFY THAT SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE IS ACCEPTABLE COVERAGE FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.

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SB303 Dees TO ALLOW A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITY AT THE RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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SB313 Irvin CONCERNING FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND TREATMENT; AND TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND QUALITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

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SB317 B. Johnson TO PROHIBIT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITH A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY.

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SB344 Irvin TO TRANSFER THE HEALTHY EMPLOYEE LIFESTYLE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROGRAM.

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SB345 Irvin TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTING PROCESS OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND LARGE-EVENT FACILITIES; AND TO REMOVE AN OVERLY BURDENSOME TAX REQUIREMENT.

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SB351 J. Dismang TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

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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.

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SB370 Irvin TO TRANSFER THE ARKANSAS WINE PRODUCERS COUNCIL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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SB374 B. Davis TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.

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HOUSE BILLS FOR THIRD READING AND PASSAGE

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HB1184 L. Johnson Hill TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND TO PROTECT A CONSUMER'S PRIVACY IN CERTAIN MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS.

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HB1238 Cavenaugh Sullivan TO AUTHORIZE A MORTGAGOR TO RECOVER FEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE STATUTORY FORECLOSURE LAW.

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HB1307 McAlindon J. Bryant TO ENSURE RESPONSIBLE FUND MANAGEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE UNIFORM PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS ACT (2006).

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HB1309 Rose Irvin TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE OF EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER; AND TO CLARIFY THE COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER.

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HB1325 C. Cooper Dotson TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FROM SERVICE UNDER AN ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

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HB1400 Richmond Stubblefield TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES WHEN REDEEMING A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL.

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HB1465 Gonzales McKee CONCERNING DIRT BIKE USE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; AND TO ESTABLISH THE LIABILITY OF AN OWNER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.

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HB1466 Achor Boyd TO AMEND THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT.

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HB1568 Childress Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REQUIRING A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION WHEN A DEATH IS BY APPARENT DRUG, ALCOHOL, OR POISON TOXICITY.

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Budget Bills to be Amended

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SB22 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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Budget Bills to be Amended and Re-referred to Joint Budget Committee

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SB38 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -LICENSING AND REGULATION BOARDS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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SB39 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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SB92 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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SB93 #1 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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SB124 #1 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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

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SB64 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DIVISION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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SB334 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

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SB335 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

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SB336 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

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SB337 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES - BUILDING AUTHORITY DIVISION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

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

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SB333 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF - POLICE STATION FACILITY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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Items to be read across the desk

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Announcements

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Adjourn

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Senator Breanne Davis Chair Unverified
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Senator Missy Irvin Chair Unverified
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Senator John Payton Unverified
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Senator Kim Hammer Unverified
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Senator Fredrick J. Love Unverified
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Senator Jamie Scott Unverified
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Senator Dave Wallace Unverified
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Chair Unverified
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Senator Clint Penzo Unverified
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Senator Justin Boyd Unverified
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Senator Jim Dotson Unverified
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Senator Tyler Dees Unverified
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified
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Senator Clarke Tucker Unverified
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Senator Jim Petty Unverified
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Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr Unverified
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified
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Senator Joshua Bryant Chair Unverified
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Senator Ricky Hill Unverified
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Senator Gary Stubblefield Unverified
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Senator Matt McKee Unverified
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Senator Dan Sullivan Unverified
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Senator Jane English Unverified
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Senator Alan Clark Unverified
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Senator Ronald Caldwell Unverified
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