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House approves multiple bills in batches, including education, labor and reappropriations
Summary
The Arkansas House passed several batches of bills and individual measures, approving bills ranging from higher education appropriations to a tobacco prevention account and a Department of Labor measure; several votes included recorded tallies.
The Arkansas House of Representatives voted to approve multiple bills in grouped batches and individual votes on the floor, advancing measures spanning higher education, state agencies, labor licensing and a tobacco prevention account.
Floor manager Representative Lane Jean presented a batch of six House bills for third reading and emergency clauses: House Bill 10 97 (oil and gas, described on the floor as carrying no general revenue), House Bill 10 99 (Board of Election Commission), House Bill 1100 (Arkansas State Claims Commission), House Bill 1114 (Commissioner of State Lands budget), House Bill 1151 (Department of Education career-technology funding), and House Bill 1235 (Arkansas East Community College). The clerk read the bills for the third time and the House recorded a machine vote of 97 yea, 0 nay, 0 present; the bills and their emergency clauses passed.
Representative Jean then pulled House Bill 10 94 (tobacco prevention and cessation) for separate consideration; he said proceeds come from tobacco settlement money and that the bill contains no general revenue. The transcript records the bill was taken up and voted on, but a roll-call tally for that vote is not included in the provided excerpt; the House proceeded to the next agenda item, indicating the bill was resolved on the floor.
Later, Representative Jean pulled House Bill 11 04 (Department of Labor and Licensing) out of the batch for separate consideration. The House recorded a roll-call vote of 92 yea, 2 nay and 3 present; the bill and its emergency clause passed.
On the Senate side, the House passed a batch of Senate bills — Senate Bill 23, Senate Bill 28, Senate Bill 31, Senate Bill 65 and Senate Bill 74 — on a single machine vote; the transcript excerpt does not include the recorded tally for that batch. The House also separated Senate Bill 116 (University of Arkansas matter) for a standalone vote; the recorded result was 79 yea, 6 nay and 7 present, and the bill and emergency clause passed.
The House took up a re-appropriation for the Department of Agriculture (Senate Bill 199) described in floor remarks as a $70,000 re-appropriation for maintenance at the poultry and livestock lab; the floor explanation noted there were no available funds from the governor for that item at this time. The House recorded a vote of 96 yea, 0 nay, 0 present and the bill and its emergency clause passed.
The House adjourned in accordance with a motion under Rule 33(m) and set its next session time by voice vote.
