Jan. 19: Joint Budget Personnel transcript
Joint Budget Personnel Subcommittee Jan. 19, 2023 Jump to section below Governor’s Office raises Governor’s hiring freeze Department Secretary salary raises Governor’s Office response DHS salary raises Sen Davis: Thank you, everyone, for being here today. This...
Jan. 19: Senate transcript
Senate floor Jan. 19, 2023 Jump to section below HB 1052, 1056, 1057, 1058: Appropriation bills Medicaid redetermination Sen Hester: The Senate will be called order. Are there any requests for leave at this time? Seeing none, Madam secretary, please call the...
Jan. 19: House floor transcript
House of Representatives Jan. 19, 2023 Jump to section below Motion to recall HB 1018 (bomb squad bill) back to committee HB 1023: Requires state purchased flags be made in the USA HB 1014: Allows online training for coroners and prohibits felons from serving as...
Jan. 18: Senate Judiciary transcript
Senate Judiciary Jan. 18, 2023 Jump to section below Chief Justice Dan Kemp Attorney General Tim Griffin Avoid unnecessary litigation / tax dollar spend on bills Pursing Legislative Audit prosecutions Committee Rules Sen Stubblefield: All right. The Chair wants to...
Jan. 18: House Insurance and Commerce transcript
House Insurance and Commerce Jan. 18, 2023 Rep Maddox: Good morning. Let's call this meeting to order. The chair does see a quorum. So if we could, let's get this meeting started. The very first thing I would like to do is I would like to introduce and recognize our...
Jan. 18: Senate floor transcript
Senate Floor Jan. 18, 2023 Lt Gov Rutledge: The Senate will be called to order. Are there any requests for leave at this time? Senator Johnson, please rise. You're recognized. Sen B Johnson: Senator Flippo. Lt Gov Rutledge: Thank you, sir. Madam Secretary,...
Jan. 18: House floor transcript
House floor Jan. 18, 2023 Jump to section below House Bill 1086: Disabled veterans license plates no longer grant handicapped parking by default House Bill 1018: Allowing fire department bomb squads to concealed carry and make arrests Speaker Shepherd: I invite...
Jan. 18: House Rules transcript
House Rules Committee Jan. 18, 2023 Jump to section below HB 1024: Allowing entertainment districts in cities without an A&P Tax (passed) HB 1028: Strengthening language to help prosecute child sexual abuse (passed) Rep Vaught:Representative Ray, you are...
Jan. 18: House State Agencies transcript
House State Agencies Jan. 18, 2023 Jump to section below HB 1023: Requiring flags purchased by the state be made in the US (passed) HB 1039: Daylight Saving Time (Rye’s version, sent to interim study) HB 1104: Daylight Saving Time (Rep. S. Richardson’s version,...
Jan. 18: Senate Revenue and Tax transcript
Senate Revenue and Tax Jan. 18, 2023 Sen Hickey: I'd like to call this Senate Revenue and Tax meeting to order. My name is Jimmy Hickey. I'm from Texarkana, and I'll be chairing this session. I'd like to introduce Mr. Jim Petty. He's our vice chair. And Jim, if you...
Jan. 18: Senate Public Health transcript
Senate Public Health Jan. 19, 2023 Sen Irvin: All right. Good morning, everyone. I wanted to call this meeting to order. Welcome to the Public Health Committee for the Arkansas State Senate. We're excited to have everybody with us in attendance. And we'll just...
Jan. 18: House City, County and Local Affairs transcript
House City, County and Local Affairs Jan. 18, 2023 Jump to section below HB 1014: Allowing online training for coroners HB 1067: Prohibiting residency requirements for full-time, non-volunteer firefighters HB 1090: Separating the Hempstead County...
Jan. 17: House floor transcript
House Floor Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below HCR 1002: The plight of Lt. Alkonis HR 1002: Recognizing the Bryant Hornets football team HB 1: Funding the Senate Speaker Shepherd: I invite the members, staff, press, and guests in the galleries to stand and be...
Jan. 17: Senate transcript
Senate floor Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below Recognizing the Bryant Hornets football team Withdrawing SB 3 and SB 56 from consideration Lt Gov Rutledge: The Senate will be called to order. Are there any requests for leave at this time? Senator Hester,...
Jan. 17: House Judiciary transcript
House Judiciary Committee Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below Chief Justice Kemp introduction Attorney General Tim Griffin introduction Reference to previous handling of AG Office Criminal justice reform HB 1008: Concealed carry and arrest powers for fire department...
Jan. 17: House Public Health
House Public Health Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below Department of Health introductions Bills: None heard, all deferred or scheduled for Thursday Department of Health introductions Gilmore (ADH): Matt Gilmore, Department of Health. Tierney (ADH): Thank...
Jan. 17: Senate Insurance and Commerce transcript
Senate Insurance and Commerce Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below Introductions of committee members Fiscal impact statements and deadlines Committee processes Audience introductions Sen Hill: I'd like to call this meeting to order. Appreciate everyone coming out...
Jan. 17: House Transportation transcript
House Public Transportation Jan. 17, 2023 Jump to section below House Bill 1086: Disabled veteran tags no longer cover handicapped spaces by default (passed) Rep Holcomb: Good morning, committee. Chair sees a quorum. We'll call the meeting to order. Members, be...
Jan. 12: Senate Agri Committee transcript
Senate Agri Jan. 12, 2023 Sen Caldwell: Call this meeting of the Senate Agri Committee to order. This is nothing but an organizational meeting. There are no bills to be heard today, but I want us to introduce ourselves to the staff, and have staff introduce...
Jan. 12: House Public Health transcript
House Public Heath Jan. 12, 2023 Rep L Johnson: I will call this first meeting to order. Glad to see everybody here today. Appreciate everybody accommodating us in this meeting. As everyone I think here knows, this is my first time to chair a committee. So I'm quite...