House Convenes

I invite the members, staff, press, and guests in the galleries to stand and be led in prayer by house chaplain Brother Richard Hamblin, First Baptist Church of Cabot, and to remain standing for the Pledge of allegiance to be led by Representative Lane Jean. Let's pray Father in heaven, we remember the time when you sent an angel to your governor and Zachariah chapter 3 with a simple message, uh, don't despise the day of small things. Uh, he was involved in a tremendous project and on that particular morning, God, you'd noticed that he was carrying a plumbob, and it seemed like such a small thing to him. But Lord, you wanted him to know and you want us to know. That's the only way that a great task can ever be accomplished is if people faithfully do the small things, so don't despise the day of small things. I want to pray over this legislative body, then God, that you might help them and encourage them if they need encouragement. Uh, as they go about what may sometimes seem to them to be small tasks. Remind them that Incremental progress. It is not insignificant. Either in the side of the world at large or most of all, pray your blessings upon them. Uh, that the things they do this week would be a blessing to our state and be an example to our nation. Want to lift up brother E Banks this week as he's facing a surgery. And uh God I wanna also pray for others in this chamber who have, uh, continuing uh struggles with Members, please indicate your presence by pushing your yellow present button. Prepare the machine, madam Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. There are 98 members present. The chair sees a quorum. Are there any requests for leave? Representative Andrews, for what purpose? Leave? You're recognized for Representative McKenzie I leave granted for Representative McKenzie. Ordered representative Eaton for what purpose? Leave you're recognized. Representative Hall is leave granted for Representative Hall. So ordered Representative Matthew Shepherd moves that we dispense with the reading of the previous day's journal, with no objection, so ordered. Are there any reports from select committees, Madam Clark, you are recognized. Mr. Speaker, on Manage Homes and House Resolution 1051 Bagley report window same consideration here but returned with the same recommendation that it do pass is Amendment number one, respectfully submitted, representative, chair. Mr. Speaker, we're your committee on house management to whom was referred House resolution 1046, House Resolution 1048. House resolution 1049. House resolution 1050. House resolution 1052. House resolution 1054, House concurrent resolution 1006 and House Memorial resolution 1004, vaguely report. Same consideration here in time with the same recommendation that do pass, respectfully submitted Representative Volt chair. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Representative Furman, for what purpose? Leave? Uh, you're recognized Representative Meeks leave granted for Representative Meeks. So ordered. Madam Clark of the reports from standing committees. Any unfinished business. Any executive communications. Please read the letters from the governor. To the Secretary of State. Dear Secretary Justice, just to inform you that on February 11, 2025, I allowed the following measures for the legislative session of the 95th General Assembly to go into law without my signature. House Bill 1128 Act 48. Sincerely. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, to the Speaker of the House, Dear Mr. Speaker, this is to inform me that on February 20th, 2025, I reviewed and approved the following measures for the regular session of the ninety-fifth General Assembly. House Bill 1427, Act 124, House Bill 1048, Act 125. House Bill 1223, Act 126 House 12007 Act 127. House 1208 at 128, hospital 1209 Act 129. High 1210 at 1:30. Hos12:11, Act 131. House Bill 1390 Act 132, House Bill 1391 A 133. Sincerely, Sarah Sanders. Governor of Arkansas. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Members, I would ask that you direct your attention to the back of the house chamber, welcoming today our Arkansas State troopers, Sergeant Zach Owens, the administrative Services Division and Corporal Trey Keller of the Highway Patrol Division, both of Little Rock. Thank you very much for your work and service to the state of Arkansas. Members we have with us today, uh, our doctor of the day is Doctor Sarah Palmer, an anesthesiologist in chronic pain physician from Little Rock from Representative Tipy McCullough's district, Doctor Palmer, thank you for your service to us today. Joining Doctor Palmer is our nurse, Ms. Lee Fazio, would you please welcome her today? Madam Clerk, please read House resolution 1042. House resolution 1042 by Representative Springer to honor Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams for her service so that her community and the state of Arkansas. Representative Springer, you're recognized to present your resolution and the members of the House of Representatives. My name is Joy Springer. I serve as state representative for District 76. Today, I present to you House resolution 1042 to honor Annie, Mabel, McDaniel Abrams. Miss McDaniels is a Miss Abrams is a member of my district, and she is in the house today. She's in the Guest room upstairs and she's 93, she is 93 years old. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the resolution be read in its entirety so that the members can understand who she is. Thank you. Madam Clark, please read the resolution in its entirety Mabel McDaniel Abrams is retired educator and a political, social, civic and community activists in Little Rock. And whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams was born on September 25, 1931 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, the eldest of 4 siblings, and she was raised with help for her grandfather after her father died when she was 18 months old. And whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams attended the segregated Peak school in Arkadelphia until age 13, where upon her mother sent her to the Little Rock to pursue a better education, and whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams graduated from Dunbar High School in 1950 and enrolled in Dunbar Junior College to major in teacher education, graduating with full licensing in 1952 and a scholarship offered to prestigious Brandeis University in Massachusetts and whereas because her financial circumstances prevented her from attending Brandeis University, Annie Mabel McDan Abrams began teaching at the segregated three-room elementary school in Marianna, Arkansas before accepting a position in 1956 with the Arkansas Teachers Association, which supported educational equality for black teachers and students in Arkansas, and whereas Annie Maple McDaniel Abrams Mary Orville Abrams at the time, and they eventually had 4 children, and whereas Annie, Mabel McDaniel Abrams later enrolled at Philander Smith College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, and whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams actively engaged with community issues upon her return to Little Rock in 1956, assisting The desegregation of Little Rock Central High School and closely associated with Daisy Gaston Bates in this effort, joining Democratic women to advocate for the gubernatorial election campaign of Republican hopeful Winthrop Rockefeller in the 1978 traveling to Geneva, Switzerland as a delegate of the Young Women's Christian Association representing North America at the United Nations Conference. And where is Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams was instrumental in campaigns to rename Little Rock Streets in honor of Daisy Gaston Bates and Mayor Charles Bessy, and most notably, she led the campaign. And that resulted in 1992 renaming of the high street. In honor of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. and in the Institution of Little Rock's first parade in honor of Doctor King. And whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams was a member of the Little Rock Central High School integration 50th anniversary commission was commissioner for the Fair Housing Commission and served as treasurer of the Arkansas Democratic Black Caucus, and she currently serves as honorary co-chair of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Junior Commission. And whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams has been the recipient of numerous honors and has been recognized throughout the state of Arkansas for her continued community service and activism and whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Community Service Award for her. mater Lander Smith College and has received the Brooks Hayes Award for Civil Rights champions and the Making of Martin Luther King Junior Holiday award by the National Martin Luther King Junior Commission given by Coretta Scott King. And whereas Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams was a 2010 inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, and in 2020 was a Hall Baptist University established the Annie Abrams Living Legacy Award, a scholarship for African American students and whereas Annie Mabel. McDaniel Abrahams continues to reside in her family home in Little Rock and remains active politically and in her community and her endorsement is highly sought after the local politics and whereas in 2021, the city of Little Rock declared the 19th birthday of Annie Mabel McDaniel Abrams to be any day on the February 1st, 2022, the television program Good Morning America featured Abrams as part of its Black History Month program. Now, therefore, be it resolved in the House of Representatives ninety-fifth General Assembly for the state of Arkansas that the House of Representatives honor Annie Mael McDaniel Abrams for her service to her. community and the state of Arkansas. Representative Springer has explained the resolution Representative, anyone wish to speak against the resolution. Would anyone like to speak for the resolution? Representative Springer is closed for the resolution. The question before the House is the passage of House resolution 1042. All those in favor say aye. Opposed nay The eyes have it. Congratulations, Representative Springer. The resolution is adopted. Representative Barker, for what purpose? Leave You're recognized Leave for Representative Kavanaugh. His leave granted for Representative Kavanaugh. So ordered. Morning hour has ended. Representative Mary Bentley recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment number 1 for House Bill 1183. Madam Clerk, please read Senate Amendment number 1. Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1183. Do not see. will pass over that for now. I'm Representative Bentley may have been called out. Johnson is, you know, here. Members will move to regular bills. Madam Clerk, please read House Bill 1413. House Bill 1413 by Representative Shepherd to amend the law concerning brine production and to amend the law concerning the formation of brine production units. Representative Shepherd, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Uh, members, House Bill 14 relates to brine production units, um, brine production in Arkansas is largely found in Union and Columbia counties. There may be some areas, uh, outside of there, but primarily it's a union in Columbia County issue, uh, for those that may not be familiar when it comes to brine production just as it is related to, uh, oil and gas, uh, a unit can be formed and what a unit is, is basically an aggregate. g ation of acreage that then is produced and then any production out of the unit inures to the benefit of all the interest owners within the unit. Well, it's come to our attention. This was actually brought by industry to me that, uh, there may be a need to move some acreage from one unit to another, uh, in particular, the instances that, that I'm most familiar with, the production unit also relates to a production and manufacturing facility. And as these areas are depleted, There may be one unit that is being depleted that could use some of the production from another unit. And so this bill provides for the movement from one, from one unit to another. Additionally, there may be some instances in the future where acreage is no longer necessary for the overall benefit of the unit, and there might be a need to apply to, uh, remove acreage from that unit. Ultimately, all of those moves would have to be approved by the oil and gas commission. And so this is just Simply allowing us to be a little more nimble and being able to uh best organize these production units going into the future, as you're well aware, brine production also potentially, uh, relates to the future development of lithium in South Arkansas. And with that, I'd be glad to answer any questions. Thank you. Representative Shepherd has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative Shepherd is closed for the bill. The question before the house is the passage of House Bill 1413. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted. So everyone voted. Cast up the ballot. With a vote of 93, 0 nay, and 3 present, the bill is passed. Representative Mary Bentley recommends that we concur in Senate Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1183. Madam Clark, please read Senate Amendment number 1. Senate Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1183. Representative Bentley, you're recognized to explain amendment number one. Thank you, Speaker. Colleagues, is a really simple amendment, something that the nursing board wanted to fine-tune the registry for that we have for our patient care takes. This was our bill to allow. The patient here takes to give heparin, um, in the clinic. So simply a fine tuning of the registry that we set up for the nursing board. I appreciate a good vote. Thank you. Representative Bentley has explained the amendment. Does anyone wish to speak against the amendment. For the amendment Representative Bentley is closed for the amendment. The question before the house is the concurrence with Senate Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1183. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted Everyone voted. casts up the ballot, Madam Clerk. By a vote of 96, 0, nay, and zero present. You have concurred with Senate Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1183. Madam Clark, please read House Bill 1405. House Bill 1405 by Representative Richardson to amend the statutes concerning. Procurs and to add additional regulations regarding the use of a procurer by a licensed chiropractic physician. Representative Richardson, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you. Good afternoon. You guys getting any emails lately? So 1405 is a bill that we redid. I ran a bill a couple of weeks ago. Uh, that dealt with this same issue. So, I wouldn't rework this bill and did everything that they asked me to do in terms of amendments from colleagues, as well as other associations. And with the changes, we now have the support of the Arkansas chipatric Chiropractic Physicians Association, as well as some individual chiropractors. So real quick, what the bill does, some big changes that were made in the bill. Is this taking the dead period from a thirty-day rest to a 14 days. So they got 14 days before they can reach out to an individual. The next big piece about it is, it's taking away the felony for, for not meeting that deadline, taking the felony out and now giving a $500 fine that will be mandated or managed by the board. I wanted to identify a couple of things that I have read in some of the emails. One of the comments I read said that it reduces the ability for a person to recover in a timely manner. This bill does not take away the ability for an individual who has an accident to go get treatment. It has nothing to do with that. It stops at chiropractor from reaching out and meeting them at the house after they've had the accident. Another one I had was it places restrictions on persons receiving healthcare. Again You've got 14 days, which is a dead period. Then after that, they are welcome to reach out. If a chiropractor already has a pre-existing relationship with that individual, they can meet him day one. I had a comment that this may not be constitutional. What we found is there were similar statutes that have passed constitutional review in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The difference with this is 1405 is more narrowly tailored for individuals, uh, dealing with chiropractors and vehicle accidents. So Those are the changes. Questions? You know I'm sorry, can I take? Representative Richardson has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? Would anyone like to speak for the bill? Representative Richardson is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1405. Prepare the machine, Madam clerk. So everyone voted. Everyone voted. Cat up the ballot. With a boat of 69, 13 nay, and 7 present. The bill is passed. Representative Lee Johnson recommends that we concur in Senate amendment number 1 to House Bill 1286. Madam Clark, please read Senate Amendment number 1. Senate Amendment number 1, the House Bill 1286. Representative Johnson, you're recognized to explain amendment number one. Members, we're just adding a Senate co-sponsor. Appreciate a good vote. Representative Johnson has explained the amendment. Does anyone wish to speak against the amendment. For the amendment Representative Johnson is closed for the amendment. The question before the House is concurrence with Senate Amendment number one, the House Bill 1286 prepare the machine, Madam Clerk. So everyone voted, so everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Madam clerk. By a vote of 96, 0, nay, and 0 present. You have concurred in Senate Amendment number 1 to House Bill 1286. Madam Clerk, please read House Bill 1369. Representative Ray concerning the establishment of the maximum campaign contribution limit by the Arkansas Ethics Commission amending portions of law resulting from initiated acts and declaring an emergency. Representative Ray, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues for Arkansas political campaigns, uh, the maximum contribution limits are linked in statute to our federal campaign uh maximum campaign contribution limits. And they're done that way so that they will mirror each other. Uh, the federal limit, as many of you know, is set by the Federal Elections Commission, and every 2 years, the FEC will update that limit to account for inflation. Um The problem is because of our lengthy rule-making process, it often takes somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 to 6 months for our ethics commission to adopt the the new federal limit each time that's changed. So for example, this year, uh, the FEC increased the limit from $3300 to $3500. That will eventually become our limit, but because this has to go through the rulemaking process, it can take 4 or 5, sometimes even 6 months to update. So what this bill would do is simply, um, exempt the update and contribution limits from the rulemaking process and require the Arkansas Ethics Commission to adjust the new limits within 30 days of the FEC's new limits. And the rulemaking process is really not a good fit, um. For this function anyway because the ethics commission really doesn't have any discretion in updating the limits. They just follow a simple formula laid out in statute, um, and which requires them to mirror the, the federal limit rounded to the nearest $100. That is what the bill does. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Seeing none, would appreciate a good vote. Representative Ray has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? Would anyone like to speak for the bill? Representative Ray is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1369. Repair the machine, Madam Clerk. Remembs your one vote is for the bill and the emergency clause. Everyone voted So everyone voted. Cased up the ballot, Madam Clerk. By a vote of 96, 0, nay, and zero present. The bill and the emergency clause has passed. Madam Clark, please read House Bill 1379. Representative Beatty to amend the law concerning the special authorization for reimbursement for meals and lodging while traveling on official business of the state. Representative Beatty, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members, this is a bill that we passed and I came back and asked to uh re-refer it to committee for an amendment. Uh, this bill is to amend the law concerning the special authorization for reimbursement for meals and lodging while traveling on official business of the state. Uh, the bill was approved and the amendment was to amend for agencies that may not have a chief fiscal officer that could approve that special travel, uh, with that, I'll entertain any questions. I don't know why I keep saying there and appreciate a good vote. Representative Beatty has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? anyone like speak for the bill. Representative Beatty is closed for the bill. The question before the house is the passage of House Bill 1379. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted. As everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. by a vote of 92, 1 nay, and one present. The bill is passed. Madam Clark, please read House Bill 1117. 17 by Representative Richardson concerning the administration of instruction on firearm safety in public school districts and open enrollment public charter schools. Representative Richardson, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I bring for your consideration House Bill 1117. A little background on this bill. I live in a subdivision in uh Southwest Bentonville. And with a close proximity, oftentimes we have a large number of neighborhood children that have a tendency to play together. Um, and those children end up depending on the play of the day, at any particular neighbor's home. Now, under normal circumstances, this, uh, all of the neighbors' homes were safe and, and secure and of course, I know my neighbors, so, uh, I'm less concerns about where they are. This last summer during a conversation with some of my neighbors, uh, we had, uh, some conversations around safety, and one of those was a round gun safety, and it became very aware to me that firearm safety is a conversation in households that have firearms, but generally in households without firearms. This is a bit of a concern, uh, when you have children in a small neighborhood or large neighborhoods like mine that are continuing to go into different homes, it's entirely possible that those children might stumble upon an accidentally unsecured firearm. Um, and in the event that they do, if these were my children because they've been raised in a home that has lots of safety, uh, and we talk about firearm safety. They would know exactly how to handle that circumstance. Unfortunately, they may go to a home, uh, excuse me, a child may come into my home that hasn't had that same opportunity. So that's the reason for House Bill 1117. So what we've done, As we worked, uh, a, a, a language into the bill that allows the Arkansas game and fish, and of course, uh, the Department of Education to work together to come up with age-appropriate firearm safety. Uh, and then be able to provide that training in a classroom environment. Um, this, uh, this is both minimal to the, uh, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, of course, and the department, uh, and the, uh, game of fish is well positioned to handle this type of training as they have learning tools, uh, and, uh, tools to make videos, to be able to produce that curriculum so that the Um, also in this bill, we felt it was very important that we stipulate that any kinds of conversation around those things that are, um, a little bit sensitive. We need to be with uh a neutral viewpoints. We also, uh, made a point of saying that we don't want branded material unless it's branded by, of course, the, uh, department, uh, or, uh, the, uh, the commission because this is not an attempt, uh, to sway political opinion one direction or the other. But, uh, with that, I'm happy to answer any questions about the bill. Representative Clowney, for what purpose? You're recognized. Representative Richard, since to your knowledge, what else do we mandate be taught every single year. Well, we do, uh, drill training. We, of course, uh, do, uh, tornado drill training. This is exactly the same kind of idea. It's a safety training. Follow up. You're recognized. But that wasn't exactly my question. This is instructional time, right? We're using instructional time to teach. Material instructional material. Is there any other subject area that we mandate be taught, not, you know, whatever, but, but yearly, every single year. I, I guess I'm still unsure about your question. This is a safety training, so it qualifies for the same kind of uh application as any other safety training. We want, of course, our kids to be safe in those kinds of environments. And with that, I'd appreciate a good vote. Representative Richardson has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? Would anyone like to speak for the bill? Representative Richardson is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1117. Repair the machine, madam clerk. Has everyone voted. Because everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. With a vote of 74 ye, 8 nays, and 4 present, the bill is passed. Representative Steinmel, for what purpose? Motion. I'll hear your motion, uh, re-refer House Bill 1428 back to committee. That's a proper motion. It is debatable. Representative Steinel, you're welcome to come to the well and explain your motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was uh Thank you, buddy. I love you too. I was, uh, contacted by a member late yesterday to, uh, what about a common sense amendment to, to make a good bill even better. And with that, uh, I would ask for a good vote. Representative Steinel has explained the motion. Would anyone like to speak against the motion? For the motion Representsteel was closed for the motion. All those in favor of the motion say aye. O nays have it clerk send the bill back to committee. Members, we have some guests with us, uh, this afternoon, members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, the Zeta Phi Beta sorority and the Little Rock Black Nurses Association. They are all guests here with us today in the house of the Black Caucus. Would you please make them welcome? Madam Clark, please read Senate Bill 207. Senate Bill 207 by Representative Underwood to amend the law concerning initiative and referendum petitions to require a canvasser to disclose that petition fraud is a criminal offense and to declare an emergency Underwood, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, this bill requires petition canvassers for statewide initiatives to inform potential finder, uh, signers that petition fraud is a criminal offense. And this notification can be given verbally or in writing. Over the years, we've seen a large amount of duplicate signatures on these petitions, and often canvassers have gotten Arkansans to sign petitions that they've already signed or that they can't legally sign. And I think many people just don't know that these are serious government documents. And so this corrects that error. The reason why we should pass this bill is that petition fraud canvassers requiring canvassers to inform people that, uh, petition fraud is a criminal offense. It deters fraudulent activity and deceptive practices. It promotes transparency because it lets everybody know uh how the serious nature of these petitions that they're important government documents. And they protect the democratic process by helping to ensure legitimate signatures are collected and reducing fraudulent activity that undermines the public trust. By utilizing this simple straightforward step, we reinforced the importance of honesty in our petition process. I'm happy to take a few, few questions. Representative McCullough, for what purpose? Reco for a question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So how could the state, um, prosecute violations of this new disclosure requirement, because I want to understand what specific evidence would be needed, uh, to prove a canvass or failed to inform a signer about petition fraud being a crime. So is your question, how would the SOS the state prosecute it? What kind of evidence would you need? I would think that there would have to be some sort of complaint and then there would have to be an investigation of some sort, can I follow up? You're recognized. Thank you. If so, I mean, does that mean video recordings because if, if you're putting someone in the position of doing a video recording. Um, it's kind of getting interrupting that process between the canvasser and the, the voter. And want that chill this process in some way? No, I don't think it would chill the process, but I think evidence can be provided, provided in a number of ways, so. One more follow-up, please. Thank you. You're recognized. So I guess, I mean, can it just get into a he said, she said thing eventually? Well, again, I think you have to investigate it to determine if it, if it occurred or not. Thank you. I appreciate you again sorry, I'll take it. Representative Lindstrom, for what purpose? You're not with the issue where we have people that are signing multiple times if they understand that it's actually fraud. Yes, Lorem, that's totally the intent to try to deter that type of activity from happening. Thank you. Shake it out. Representative Underwood has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill. anyone like speak for the bill. Representative Underwood is closed for the bill. The question before the house is the passage of Senate Bill 207. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. Remembers your one vote is for the bill and the emergency clause. Everyone voted So everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. A vote of 67, 26 nay, and 2 present to build emergency clause has passed. Members, we have, uh, A great group of pages who have been here with us this afternoon. I've seen them doing a lot of work. We appreciate their service to the house. One in particular, uh, guest today, uh, Representative Ashley Hudson is daughter Lucy Hudson. What everyone make Miss Lucy Hudson, welcome. In case you didn't know, she would be the one with the red face right now in the back of the chamber. Madam Clark, please read Senate Bill 206 26 by Representative Burks to amend the right to read Act and to amend the amount of literacy tutoring grant awarded under the right to read at. Representative Berkshire recognized to explain your bill, Mr. Speaker 206 is a bill, it's a very simple bill. It amends a provision of the Learns Act where we created a literacy tutoring grant. These are grants available for students in K through 3rd grade who are identified as, um, particularly troubled in reading, uh, the grant had a cap of $500 and I think that we quickly learned that this is a very beneficial grant for these students, and we want to just raise that cap to $1500. We're not giving any more money to The program, but if the funds are available, we don't want to limit the student's ability to get tutoring at 500, we just want to move the cap to 1500. And with that, I appreciate a good vote. Representative Burks has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? For the bill Representative Burks is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 206. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted. So everyone voted. Cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. By a vote of 96, 0 nay, and 0 present. The bill is passed. Madam Clark, please read Senate Bill 169. Representative Gazaway to make technical corrections to the Arkansas Constitution and to amend Arkansas Constitution Amendment 51. Representative Gazaway, you're recognized to explain your bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, another technical correction bill. Why don't we just have a little fun and I'll explain this one. Section one corrects grammar and punctuation by deleting an extra and and changing a period to a semicolon. Section 2 corrects grammar and punctuation by moving an and and changing a period to a semicolon. In section 3 corrects grammar and punctuation by moving in or. And changing a period to a semicolon. With that, I'm happy to answer any questions. Representative Ward Law for what purpose? Question, you're recognized for a question. Can you explain the difference between the and and the semicolon. Because if you find it important to let us know those things, I would hope you could explain them. I can, but I'll get with you after this. Thank you. Representative Gazaway has explained the bill. Would anyone like to speak against the bill? Would anyone like to speak for the bill. Representative Gazaway is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 169. Prepare the machine, madam clerk. So everyone voted. Everyone voted, cast up the ballot, Madam Clerk. By a vote of 92 ya, 1 nay, and zero present. The bill is passed. Representative Milligan, for what purpose? Motion. I'll hear your motion pursuant to Rule 33. I move we adjourn till 1:30 tomorrow. That's a proper motion. It's non-debatable. All those in favor say aye. Oppose nay, the ayes have it. I have any committee announcements. Representative Underwood, for what purpose? You're recognized House Judiciary will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m.? Representative Gazaway, for what purpose? Announcement? You're recognized 15 minutes on adjournment. Representative Wooldridge for what purpose? Announcement you're recognized Public health meets tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., room 1:30. Representative Holcomb, for what purpose? Announcement, you are recognized. Public transportation will meet at 100 a.m. in the morning, Mac B. Representative Pierce, for what purpose? You recognized 12 o'clock. Any other committee announcements? Seeing none of the desk will remain open as needed for the reading of the bills and upon completion of the items named in the adjourned resolution, the House will be adjourned until