AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE

(Meeting Cancelled) JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

* LEGISLATIVE PRAYER CAUCUS

* VETERANS' CAUCUS

* SENATOR DAVIS

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

• 1-23-19 Senate Captions.pdf
• GL 1.pdf
• Agenda
• 1-23-19 House Captions.pdf

REVENUE & TAX - SENATE

• Agenda

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

• SB 12: to amend the definition of "neglect" and the law concerning closures of child maltreatment investigations; and to make certain acts of a parent, guardian, custodian, or foster parent noncriminal.
• SB 90: to amend the law concerning evidence presented during probable cause hearings held under the arkansas juvenile code of 1989.
• SB 10: prohibiting a registered sex offender from participating in certain halloween-related activities.
• SB 78: concerning the fee to attend a victim impact panel that is required by law of any person convicted of driving or boating while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a chemical test, or possession of alcohol by a minor.
• SB 8: to prohibit a registered sex offender from recording a person under fourteen (14) years of age in certain circumstances; and to prohibit the unlawful use of a recording of a person under fourteen (14) years of age online.
• SB 7: to allow members of the general assembly to attend hearings held under the arkansas juvenile code of 1989.
• SB 13: concerning drug testing under the child maltreatment act; concerning child maltreatment investigation reports; to amend the definition of "neglect"; and to amend the law concerning investigative determinations.
• SB 89: to amend the law concerning the closed and confidential nature of records under the arkansas juvenile code of 1989.
• SB 14: concerning the fee to attend a victim impact panel that is required by law of any person convicted of driving or boating while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a chemical test, or possession of alcohol by a minor.
• SB 109: to amend the offense of battery in the first degree; and to declare an emergency.
• SB 91: to amend the law concerning the resumption of services for certain parents.

• Agenda

INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE

• HB 1125: to prohibit an insurer from requiring payment for healthcare services through gift cards, credit cards, or virtual credit cards.
• HB 1068: to repeal the ability to enforce a covenant not to compete agreement.
• HB 1103: to repeal the arkansas healthcare transparency initiative act of 2015; and to repeal the arkansas healthcare transparency initiative fund.
• HB 1027: to require an insurer to provide coverage for rental car reimbursement until an insured's damaged motor vehicle is repaired.

• Agenda

AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE

• HB 1129: to amend the law concerning the military support revolving fund; and to allow the deposit of federal reimbursements into the military support revolving fund.
• HB 1030: an act to establish arkansas music appreciation day.
• HB 1022: concerning the civil and criminal liability of mandated reporters who act in good faith.
• HB 1128: to amend the law concerning the authority of the governor to order the militia into service; and to authorize the use of the militia to address cybersecurity threats and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
• HB 1127: to amend the law concerning the removal of an officer from the arkansas national guard; and to declare an emergency.
• HR 1007: to recognize the central arkansas veterans healthcare system wood lathe pen turning program.
• HR 1003: to congratulate the bryant hornets football team on winning the 2018 class 7a state championship.
• HB 1010: to provide immunity from criminal prosecution and a defense to a civil action to a mandated reporter who contacts the child abuse hotline in good faith.
• HR 1006: to encourage law enforcement to suspend contact and outreach with the council on american-islamic relations.

• Agenda

EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

• SB 108: to repeal arkansas code § 10-3-1002 concerning an annual evaluation of vocational-technical courses by the legislative council, the house committee on education, and the senate committee on education.
• SB 96: to repeal the housing construction program created for state-supported technical institutes that offer courses of training in the building trades; and to repeal the building trades revolving fund.
• SB 56: to amend the membership of the arkansas higher education coordinating board.
• SB 118: to require campus free speech policies.
• SB 119: to amend the law concerning the role of the department of career education with respect to riverside vocational and technical school.

• Agenda

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

• HB 1180: to amend the arkansas procurement law; to amend the law concerning state contracts; and to amend the law concerning cooperative purchasing.
• HB 1072: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of health; to transfer various state agencies; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1165: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of the military; to transfer various state agencies; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1152: to amend the law concerning the filing deadlines for elections involving an independent candidate.
• HB 1119: to amend the law concerning the appointment and commission of a notary public; and to allow a nonresident spouse of a united states military service member to be a notary public.
• HB 1162: to amend the law concerning the content, term, and review of contracts procured by the state; to require the use of performance-based contracts; and to amend vendor performance report requirements.
• HB 1116: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of the inspector general; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1215: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of energy and environment; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1118: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of parks, heritage, and tourism; to transfer various state agencies; to declare an emergency.
• HB 1070: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1151: to allow the employment of special counsel by a state official or entity in certain circumstances; and to require special counsel to obtain approval by the attorney general before entering into certain agreements.
• HB 1117: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to transfer various state agencies and to establish the cabinet-level department of agriculture; and to declare and emergency.
• HB 1179: to amend the delegation authority of the state procurement director; and to amend the law concerning protests of solicitations and awards under the arkansas procurement law.
• HB 1216: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of public safety; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1178: to amend the laws concerning various procurement methods; to provide for the training and certification of procurement officials; and to require additional legislative review of procurement rules.
• HB 1071: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of veteran affairs; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1161: to amend the review and reporting requirements for service contracts; to amend the law concerning vehicle leases by state agencies; and to provide for the tracking and reporting of contracts procured by state agencies.
• HB 1181: to amend the law concerning the procurement of design services contracts.
• HB 1166: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of human services; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1115: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of corrections; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1004: to create the arkansas voter integrity and security act; to require automatic voter registration; to amend arkansas constitution, amendment 51; and to amend the law concerning elections and voting.

• Agenda

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

• SB 16: to amend the rabies control act regarding vaccinations against rabies for animals.
• SB 2: to create the down syndrome discrimination by abortion prohibition act.
• SB 3: to require additional reporting requirements by certain physicians and healthcare facilities for abortion complications.
• SB 115: to provide exceptions to the minimum wage law for individuals under eighteen, educational institutions, employers with fewer than fifty employees, and nonprofit organizations and to amend the law impacting initiated act 5 of 2018.

• Agenda

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE

• HB 1174: to amend civil service system law concerning age of eligibility.
• HB 1163: to amend the law concerning municipal ordinance codification by reference.
• HB 1025: to amend the law concerning the number of voting centers in a city of the second class.
• HB 1033: concerning the use of city jails in the event of an emergency.
• HB 1041: to amend the law concerning the award procedure for certain public contracts.

• Agenda

HOUSE RULES

• HB 1150: to amend arkansas constitution, amendment 98, to modify the definition of "qualifying medical condition".
• SCR 1: to adopt the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives of the ninety-second general assembly.
• HR 1005: to amend the rules of the house of representatives of the ninety-second general assembly.
• HB 1107: to amend title 3 of the arkansas code regarding permits for alcoholic beverage businesses; to amend the population ratio for permits to sell off-premises; and to authorize the transfer of permits across county lines.
• HB 1209: to rename the house committee on public transportation; and to reassign subject matter among the interim committees of the house representatives.
• HB 1032: concerning obscene materials; to be known as the "human trafficking and child exploitation prevention act"; and to provide for internet blocking capability.
• HB 1212: to extend the sunset date for the arkansas medical marijuana special privilege tax act of 2017.

• Agenda

SENATE CONVENES

HOUSE CONVENES

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

• HB 1115: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of corrections; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1166: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of human services; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1165: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of the military; to transfer various state agencies; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1071: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of veteran affairs; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1004: to create the arkansas voter integrity and security act; to require automatic voter registration; to amend arkansas constitution, amendment 51; and to amend the law concerning elections and voting.
• HB 1216: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of public safety; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1118: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish the cabinet-level department of parks, heritage, and tourism; to transfer various state agencies; to declare an emergency.
• HB 1070: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1116: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of the inspector general; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1215: an act to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of energy and environment; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1117: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to transfer various state agencies and to establish the cabinet-level department of agriculture; and to declare and emergency.
• HB 1072: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of health; to transfer various state agencies; and to declare an emergency.
• HB 1178: to amend the laws concerning various procurement methods; to provide for the training and certification of procurement officials; and to require additional legislative review of procurement rules.

• Agenda

* RED TAPE REDUCTION WORKING GROUP

ENERGY - JOINT

• Agenda

* SENATOR TOM COBURN

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

* SENATOR EADS

JBC-PEER REVIEW

• F Merit Adjustment Fund Pay Plan Holding Account Transfer Requests FY19.pdf
• G2 General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars.pdf
• C Cash Fund Appropriation Increase Request FY19.pdf
• Agenda
• G4 Professional Consultant Services Contracts.pdf
• G1 MOFs.pdf
• G3 Grants.pdf
• Agenda
• H Reports and Communications.pdf
• D Appropriation and or Fund Transfer Requests FY19.pdf
• E Miscellaneous Federal Grant Appropriation Requests FY19.pdf
• G5 Technical and General Services Contracts .pdf

EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE

• HB 1021: to amend the requirements regarding training and instruction required of a newly elected school board member.
• HB 1008: to amend the deadline by which newly elected school board members must obtain required audit report training and instruction.
• HB 1175: to amend the deadline by which a student who has a parent or guardian who resides on a military base may apply for a transfer under the public school choice act and the arkansas opportunity public school choice act.
• HB 1003: to amend the antibullying policy; to require antibullying training; to create the positions of antibullying specialist and district antibullying coordinator; and to establish a week of kindness.
• HB 1020: to allow out-of-state teaching experience to be considered when determining a teacher's salary schedule.
• HB 1223: to allow certain part-time public school employees to participate in the state and public school life and health insurance program.
• HB 1007: to allow a school district to adopt a policy to accept out-of-state teaching experience for purposes of determining salary.
• HB 1019: to require video cameras in certain classrooms upon request.
• HB 1014: to require each public school to provide bleeding control training to each student in grades nine through twelve (9-12) before the student graduates from high school.
• HB 1167: concerning the use of sunscreen; and to protect the skin health of the students of arkansas.
• HB 1015: to require an elective journalism course to be offered each school year at a public school that serves students in grades nine through twelve (9-12).
• HB 1018: to amend the population requirements that control the number of directors who serve on a school district board of directors.
• HB 1145: to create the teacher salary enhancement act.

• Agenda

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

• HB 1029: an act to create the arkansas heritage protection act.
• HB 1023: concerning the entry upon a school campus by a person who is required to register as a sex offender.
• HB 1218: concerning the services offered to law enforcement by the state crime laboratory.
• HB 1126: concerning a victim impact statement in a criminal trial.
• HB 1147: to permit the reopening of a circuit court case without the payment of a filing fee in order to enforce a monetary judgment.
• HB 1059: concerning the use of physical force in self-defense or in the defense of others.
• HB 1069: concerning the distribution of assets of an estate without the appointment of a personal representative.
• HB 1217: concerning the submission of and forensic testing of firearms by the state crime laboratory.
• HB 1035: concerning an expanded role for retired circuit court judges in the judiciary.
• HB 1040: to amend the arkansas hot check law.
• HB 1067: concerning the assessment and collection of court fines and court costs.
• HB 1009: prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering upon a school campus.
• HB 1036: to reduce the costs of concealed carry licensure and firearm ownership.
• HB 1114: to create the parent-child relationship protection act; to provide factors for a court to consider when determining whether or not a change of a child’s principal place of residence is in the child’s best interest.

• Agenda

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE

• HB 1060: to establish and require continuing education for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration licensees.
• HB 1220: to amend the telemedicine act; to ensure that telemedicine is the least restrictive method to deliver healthcare services remotely; and to expand the definition of "professional relationship".
• HB 1101: to prohibit private companies from receiving medicaid cost-settlement reimbursement.
• HB 1164: to authorize a pharmacist to dispense oral contraceptives without a prescription.
• HB 1176: to establish the arkansas breast milk depository in arkansas.
• HB 1226: concerning the pursuit of a national cancer institute-designated cancer center at the winthrop p. rockefeller cancer institute at the university of arkansas for medical sciences.
• HB 1102: to remove the underserved status of a county as a requirement for licensure and certification of certain providers.

• Agenda

REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE

• HB 1002: to require certain out-of-state sellers to collect and remit arkansas sales and use tax.
• HB 1108: to create an exemption from the income tax for service pay and allowances of foreign service personnel; and to repeal obsolete provisions of the income tax laws.
• HB 1075: to amend the achieving a better life experience program act; and to provide for an income tax deduction for contributions to a disability savings account.
• HB 1031: to provide income tax relief for parents of children who are blind or deaf, or both; and to extend the income tax credit for children with a developmental disability to include children who are blind or deaf, or both.
• HB 1034: to increase the homestead property tax credit.
• HB 1024: to designate the revenues derived from taxes collected on the sales of new and used motor vehicles as special revenues; and to clarify that the revenues derived from the taxes collected by remote sellers are general revenues.
• HB 1005: to clarify the application of the sales and use tax to candy and soft drinks.

• Agenda

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE

• HB 1012: to authorize the issuance of a purple heart recipient special license plate to a surviving spouse.
• HB 1026: to authorize the issuance, renewal, and replacement of a special license plate to promote and support the grand lodge of arkansas; and to repeal and reenact the law limiting the creation of special interest license plates.
• HB 1172: to amend the law concerning the issuance of a special license plate; and to limit the types of special interest license plates.
• HB 1171: to repeal the law concerning the procedure required for the addition or relocation of a new motor vehicle dealer.
• HB 1211: to authorize the issuance and renewal of a grand lodge of arkansas and a prince hall grand lodge of arkansas special license plate; and to repeal and reenact the law limiting the creation of special interest license plates.
• HB 1011: to amend the law concerning the arkansas department of aeronautics fund.
• HB 1006: to amend the law concerning the penalties imposed for the unlawful passing of a school bus.
• HB 1182: to amend the law concerning distracted driving; and to make the use of a handheld wireless telephone in a school zone a primary offense.
• HB 1100: to amend the law concerning the application requirements for the issuance of a driver's license or identification card with a veteran designation.
• HB 1073: concerning former military vehicles; to authorize the issuance of a certificate of title for a former military vehicle.

• Agenda

INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE

• SB 79: to revise the maximum loan limits of certain loans.
• SB 145: to amend the definition of "public utility"; and to amend certain definitions under the arkansas renewable energy development act of 2001.
• SB 113: to abolish the board of directors of the arkansas health insurance marketplace; to transfer the arkansas health insurance marketplace to the state insurance department; and to declare an emergency.
• SB 142: to allow a for-profit corporation to convert to a nonprofit corporation; and to declare an emergency.
• SB 80: to clarify the remedies and procedures for nonpayment of rent on a safe-deposit box.
• SB 148: to modify the small business entity tax pass through act; and to provide for a temporary lien at the time a charging application is filed.

• Agenda

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

• HB 1072: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of health; to transfer various state agencies; and to declare an emergency.
• SB 55: to amend the law concerning the exercise of concurrent jurisdiction for law enforcement at the john l. mcclellan memorial veterans' hospital.
• SB 75: to replace the arkansas statues at the national statuary hall; to place a statue honoring daisy lee gatson bates in the national statuary hall; to place a statue honoring john r. "johnny" cash in the national statuary hall.
• SB 116: requiring an inmate in the department of correction to first exhaust all available administrative remedies as a condition precedent to filing a claim under the arkansas civil rights act of 1993 or any other state law.
• HB 1071: to create the transformation and efficiencies act of 2019; to establish cabinet-level departments; to establish the cabinet-level department of veteran affairs; to transfer state entities; and to declare an emergency.
• SJR 3: applying to the united states congress to call a convention for proposing amendments pursuant to article v of the united states constitution.
• SB 5: to designate the bowie knife as the official state knife.

• Agenda

HOUSE CONVENES

SENATE CONVENES

* SENATOR CLARK

EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE

* PTA DAY AT THE CAPITOL

* PTA DAY AT THE CAPITOL

(Meeting Cancelled) JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT

JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE

* LEGISLATIVE PRAYER CAUCUS

* VETERANS' CAUCUS

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

JBC-PERSONNEL

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE

* SENATOR CLARK