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Elect Dr. Joe Cloud for State Representative
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Russellville, AR 72811
In the second week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House voted on bills addressing everything from car tags to jury duty pay.
The bills now advancing to the Senate include:
HB1028-This bill changes the length of time a consumer has to tag their vehicle. Current law gives car buyers 30 days to pay the sales tax and register a vehicle after purchase. HB 1028 would extend it to 60 days.
HB1059-This bill allows participants in a specialty court program, such as drug court, to transfer to a similar program if they move to another court district. This bill also includes guidelines for courts to establish a veterans treatment specialty court program and a DWI specialty court program. In addition, HB1059 sets to develop a domestic violence specialty court program.
Specialty courts are designed to lower the prison population by directing individuals to needed treatment programs.
HB1185-This bill allows the Department of Correction to make an administrative transfer of an inmate to the Division of Community Correction. This would not impact the length of a sentence but rather allow the department to transfer an inmate if they need behavioral or substance abuse treatment.
HB1058-This bill allows a juror to donate their per diem compensation and mileage reimbursement to an eligible nonprofit entity. The administrative office of the courts will be tasked with compiling a list of eligible nonprofits.
An eligible nonprofit should offer services in multiple counties and have as one of its primary goals the providing of:
Crime victim assistance or counseling
Services for abused or neglected children
Shelter for victims of domestic violence
Services for veterans
Legal education for students seeking a Juris Doctor degree
HB1107-This bill amends the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to allow the Arkansas Department of Health to request physical or electronic copies of prescriptions from prescribers or dispensers when checking for accuracy.
The House reconvenes on Monday at 1 pm. You can find a list of all agendas and links to live-streams of all meetings at www.arkansashouse.org.
On Thursday, the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced HB1056. This bill amends the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act allowing public meetings to be held via phone or video conference during a declared emergency.
The House Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee advanced HB1009 which authorizes the Veterinary Medical Examining Board to promulgate rules for use of telemedicine.
The House Insurance and Commerce Committee advanced HB1027 which allows self-storage companies to advertise sales in a commercially reasonable manner. Currently, such advertising of sales is limited to newspapers.
The full House passed several bills including HB1028. This bill changes the length of time a consumer has to tag their vehicle. Current law gives car buyers 30 days to pay the sales tax and register a vehicle after purchase. HB 1028 would extend it to 60 days.
The House also passed HB1107. This bill amends the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to allow the Arkansas Department of Health to request physical or electronic copies of prescriptions from prescribers or dispensers when checking for accuracy.
The House will reconvene Monday at 1pm.
Thank you for the update. All sound reasonable.
HB1107, why would ADH need to check accuracy of prescriptions by prescribers???
The House began its second week of the Regular Session on Tuesday.
The House Public Transportation Committee advanced HB1028. This bill changes the length of time a consumer has to license their vehicle. Current law gives car buyers 30 days to pay the sales tax and register a vehicle. HB 1028 would extend it to 60 days.
The House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee advanced HB1107. This bill amends the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to allow the Arkansas Department of Health to request physical or electronic copies of prescriptions from prescribers or dispensers when checking for accuracy.
The House Judiciary Committee advanced HB1185, which allows the Department of Correction to make an administrative transfer of an inmate to the Division of Community Correction. This would not impact the length of a sentence but rather allow the department to transfer an inmate if he or she is in need of behavioral or substance abuse treatment.
The House passed HB1058. This bill allows a juror to donate their per diem compensation and mileage reimbursement to an eligible nonprofit entity. The administrative office of the courts will be tasked with compiling a list of eligible nonprofits.
An eligible nonprofit should offer services in multiple counties and have as one of its primary goals the providing of:
Crime victim assistance or counseling
Services for abused or neglected children
Shelter for victims of domestic violence
Services for veterans
Legal education for students seeking a Juris Doctor degree
House Rules require the House to recess on January 20 of any year in which the inauguration of an individual to the office of President of the United States is scheduled to occur. House committees will also not be meeting tomorrow. The House “B” standing committees will meet on Thursday, and the full House will reconvene on Thursday at 1 pm.
Please remove "lawfully present" from Stand your ground law. As part of 60% of Arkansans who voted for President Trump, I don't appreciate Governor Hutchison calling us a cult! He needs to be impeached!
Thank you for the House updates
Thank you!
Praying for you and our other leaders that each of you would know with clarity where God is leading!
House members are now ready to begin the second week of the 2021 Regular Session.
Nearly 200 bills have been filed so far in the House and more than 135 have been filed in the Senate.
House members elected to serve in the 93rd General Assembly took the oath of office in the House Chamber on Monday. Upon swearing-in, members then voted to name Rep. Matthew J. Shepherd of El Dorado as the Speaker of the Arkansas House. This will be his second full term to serve as Speaker.
Speaker Shepherd announced the chairs for all House committees. You can find a complete list of committee assignments at www.arkansashouse.org.
On the second day of the Regular Session, Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed the General Assembly and outlined his legislative goals for this session.
He said he will be asking the General Assembly to affirm the current health emergency order and direct federal COVID-19 relief funds for vaccine distribution.
The Governor’s legislative agenda also includes the following:
· Increase teacher pay by $2,000 over the next 2 years
· Reduce the used car sales tax
· Reduce income tax for new Arkansas residents
· Appropriate $30 million for increased broadband in rural areas
· Implement a computer science requirement for high school graduation
· Increase sentencing for hate crimes
On Thursday, the House passed resolutions outlining new rules and changes to procedure due to COVID-19. These include mask requirements, changes to committee agendas, and remote voting options for members.
The House will not meet on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday or on Wednesday during the Presidential Inauguration. We will meet on Tuesday and Thursday next week. Schedules and agendas will be available on our website.
As a reminder, the House live streams all of our meetings on the website. We also posted the guidelines for members of the public who wish to participate in the process at the Capitol.
We will continue to update you in the weeks ahead.