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February 19, 2025 ·10:00 AM ·Room B, MAC ·5:26
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Bills discussed (13)
Bill Title Sponsor Status
HB1212 · 3 mentions in agenda, chapter, transcript
Matched: “…Rep. Stetson Painter REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1212 Steimel TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL OFFICE HOLDINGS;…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL OFFICE HOLDINGS; AND TO ALLOW A JUSTICE OF THE … Steimel WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
HB1130 · 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1130 Pilkington TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PERMITTING FOR RESID…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PERMITTING FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; TO AMEND THE FAST-TRACK PERMITS ACT; … Pilkington Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
HB1272 Act 520 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…TO ALSO SERVE AS A POLICE OFFICER IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. HB1272 Warren TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A CO…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED … Warren Notification that HB1272 is now Act 520
HB1274 Act 521 · 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1274 Warren TO ALLOW A TITLE INSURANCE AGENT, TITLE INSURER, OR…”
 TO ALLOW A TITLE INSURANCE AGENT, TITLE INSURER, OR TITLE COMPANY TO PAY REAL PROPERTY … Warren Notification that HB1274 is now Act 521
HB1331 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ED AREA OF A COUNTY. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1331 Barnes TO REQUIRE A COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE…”
 TO REQUIRE A COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE … Barnes Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
HB1414 Act 417 · 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1414 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR FIRE SERV…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR FIRE SERVICES; AND TO UPDATE THE SCHEDULE OF … Andrews Notification that HB1414 is now Act 417
HB1416 Act 673 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…HEDULE OF EQUIPMENT RATES USED IN CLAIMS FOR FIRE SERVICES. HB1416 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPAR…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO ALLOW A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICING … L. Johnson Notification that HB1416 is now Act 673
HB1436 · 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1436 Steele TO PLACE LOCATION RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOOD PROCE…”
 TO PLACE LOCATION RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS OPERATING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE SAME … Steele Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
HB1448 · 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1448 Puryear TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREA…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREAS; AND TO REQUIRE NOTICE AND COMPENSATION TO … Puryear Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
HB1453 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…AND TO REQUIRE NOTICE AND COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. HB1453 S. Meeks TO AMEND THE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY ACT; AND TO REGUL…”
 TO AMEND THE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY ACT; AND TO REGULATE PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS. S. Meeks WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
HB1462 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ROPERTY ACT; AND TO REGULATE PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS. HB1462 Painter TO AUTHORIZE AN OWNER OF A PUBLIC WATERWORKS SYSTEM…”
 TO AUTHORIZE AN OWNER OF A PUBLIC WATERWORKS SYSTEM TO EXPEND PUBLIC FUNDS AND TO … Painter WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
HB1503 Act 313 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 2/17/25 @ 6:27 PM) Added HB1503 and HB1510 House Committee on City, County, and Local Affai…”
 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION … Clowney Notification that HB1503 is now Act 313
HB1510 Act 314 · 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 2/17/25 @ 6:27 PM) Added HB1503 and HB1510 House Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs Wednesda…”
 TO REPEAL THE AUTHORITY FOR A MUNICIPALITY TO EXERCISE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER AN UNINCORPORATED AREA … Gonzales Notification that HB1510 is now Act 314

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Chair Unverified 0:07
Cheer sees decorum and we'll call this meeting to order. Committee, thank you all for Or even the snow and ice to get here today, um. Unfortunately, we're only going to hear one bill this morning. We're not even going to take a vote on it, so. Um, I hate that we drag everybody down here for just this, but I think Representative Steinmel deserves a chance to explain his bill, so with that you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is uh
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 0:40
This is a uh House Bill 1212, and this is a great constituent driven bill that would allow JP is currently serving to also serve as law enforcement officers as long as it wasn't in his or her district qualified law enforcement officers are tough to find and fill the needs of rural counties and communities. But because I'm poorly worded statutes. Uh, in my opinion, this bill would likely violate our Constitution. To all the JPs across the state, especially Al Roar. I applaud your willingness to serve your communities on many different fronts. And with that, Mr. Chair, I would like to pull my bill down. All right. Do you,
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Chair Unverified 1:22
would you be willing to take any questions from committee? Absolutely, I'd love
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 1:26
to take some questions because I have, you know, learned a lot with, uh, this process. Do we have any questions from committee members? Yeah, Representative. Richardson, you are
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Scott Richardson Unverified 1:34
recognized. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, uh, and, and I appreciate you represent stop bringing the bill. My question is, why is it unconstitutional because there's some language in there
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 1:48
where they're not allowed to hold a civil office based on their, uh, the term limits that uh they're, that they run, uh, visit with Mark Whitmore, uh, very knowledgeable on that. We, we dove into it. We thought we found a workaround, unfortunately, it didn't pan out when um We got word from the AG's office, there'll be likely a, a conflict with the Constitution, you know, we, uh, we, we doubled down to make sure that that in fact was the case and and we did find that that would potentially, uh, you know, have good people acting in good faith, arresting people or, or, uh, you know, putting people away to potentially come back uh out if there if it was ever challenged. So to me it's, it's not worth the risk in my opinion and there again, this is a great bill in my opinion, a lot of support locally. and across the state but you know, until that language is fixed, uh, there's really no, nowhere to go from here. Well,
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Scott Richardson Unverified 2:43
that's too bad because I, I agree. I think it, it would be a great, uh, benefit to the state, so thank you so much for bringing it and doing the
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Chair Unverified 2:52
research. Thank you. Representative Holcomb, you're recognized for the question.
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Representative Mike Holcomb Unverified 2:59
Could you just expound on that a little bit, kind of tell us what's going on, how, how, how, what brought this about for you to bring it up, right, and I appreciate
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 3:06
that, uh, you know, Representative Holcomb, and, uh, to elaborate on this a little bit. So I had a JP in my district that was a, uh, 30 plus year law enforcement, uh, served as sheriff of Fulton County, uh, great guy, and he wanted to always continue to serve his community, even though he's, I believe about 76 years old. And I was wanting to work as a a police officer in Salem, Arkansas, which was not in his district and uh when he found that there would be potentially a, a conflict. He reached out to me and uh we started doing some digging and, and we like I said we found we thought we found a work around, we had it drafted and um, you know, so, like I said to those JPs out here willing to serve their, uh, their communities and all the different uh capacities they can, that's great. um, and We'll, uh, we'll go from there. One more question, how are
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Representative Mike Holcomb Unverified 4:00
we gonna fix that with it sounds to me like something that, you know, we need but we do it did they give you a, you know,
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Speaker 17 4:08
it's gonna require a constitutional amendment. OK, OK, uh,
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 4:10
to be placed on the ballot in order to, uh, to go forward from here. That's my understanding from,
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Chair Unverified 4:22
uh, uh, AG's office and from, uh, from Mark Whitmore. Thank you, seeing no further questions from committee members.
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Representative Bart Schulz Unverified 4:35
All right, we'll have a comment from Representative Schultz. Representative Steinel, I just wanted to say I appreciate you digging into this. I served as a JP for a long time and there's, there's a lot of gray areas around. The duties and responsibilities, especially when it comes to law enforcement because long ago, a JP was Sort of like a constable and there's, there's still a little language in there, so I think we all need to work together and try to get this fixed. Good job diving into that. I appreciate
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Representative Trey Steimel Unverified 5:01
those kind words and, uh, you know, I will continue to work on this to see if we can find um A way to get this on the, uh, you know, on the ballot, maybe one day. So, thank you. OK. Seeing no further questions or
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Speaker 2 5:11
comments without objection, we'll allow you to pull your bill down. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, committee. And seeing no further business on our agenda, we are adjourned.
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Agenda

Number Sponsor Subtitle

0:07
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HB1212 Steimel TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL OFFICE HOLDINGS; AND TO ALLOW A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE TO ALSO SERVE AS A POLICE OFFICER IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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HB1272 Warren TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROPERTY VACATED BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY; AND TO REQUIRE VESTED ABANDONED PROPERTY BECONVEYED WITH THE ABUTTING REAL ESTATE.

HB1274 Warren TO ALLOW A TITLE INSURANCE AGENT, TITLE INSURER, OR TITLE COMPANY TO PAY REAL PROPERTY TAXES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A TITLE.

HB1436 Steele TO PLACE LOCATION RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS OPERATING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE SAME GROUNDS AS THE FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS.

HB1448 Puryear TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREAS; AND TO REQUIRE NOTICE AND COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

HB1453 S. Meeks TO AMEND THE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY ACT; AND TO REGULATE PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS.

HB1462 Painter TO AUTHORIZE AN OWNER OF A PUBLIC WATERWORKS SYSTEM TO EXPEND PUBLIC FUNDS AND TO ISSUE BONDS TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF LEAD AND CERTAIN GALVANIZED CUSTOMER SERVICE LINES.

HB1503 Clowney TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS; AND TOPROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

HB1510 Gonzales TO REPEAL THE AUTHORITY FOR A MUNICIPALITY TO EXERCISE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OVER AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF A COUNTY.

DEFERRED BILLS

Number Sponsor Subtitle

HB1331 Barnes TO REQUIRE A COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE PRIOR YEAR IF A NEW ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED; AND TO DECLARE ANEMERGENCY.

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HB1130 Pilkington TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PERMITTING FOR RESIDENTIAL

CONSTRUCTION; TO AMEND THE FAST-TRACK PERMITS ACT; AND TO ALLOW A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CREATE A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT ZONE.

HB1414 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CLAIMS FOR FIRE SERVICES; AND TO

UPDATE THE SCHEDULE OF EQUIPMENT RATES USED IN CLAIMS FOR FIRE SERVICES.

HB1416 L. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICING UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY TO LEVY DUES.

Speakers

Chair Unverified
4 segments
Representative Trey Steimel Unverified
10 segments
Scott Richardson Unverified
3 segments
Representative Mike Holcomb Unverified
2 segments
Speaker 17
1 segment
Representative Bart Schulz Unverified
2 segments
Speaker 2
1 segment