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Votes at a glance: Key bills passed or moved during Arkansas Senate morning session
Summary
The Senate passed a slate of bills covering school discipline, medical staffing, public safety in schools, highway construction bonding, pension administration and ballot measure rules, and moved several controversial items to a later calendar. Vote tallies were read into the record where recorded.
The Arkansas Senate moved a number of bills during its morning business hour, approving legislation on school discipline and device rules, physician noncompete agreements, highway construction bonding, student-athlete sudden cardiac arrest prevention, school background-check waivers, and multiple housekeeping items affecting pensions and ballot measures. Several controversial measures were pulled or moved to a later calendar.
Highlights
- Senate Bill 142 (Deese): After the Senate concurred in an amendment that clarified definitions for school-issued devices and added exemptions for special events and concurrent classes, the Senate passed Senate Bill 142 (the bill described on the floor as creating the "bell to bell to sell to no sell act" and amending public school discipline policy requirements). The secretary recorded the final tally as 27 yeas, 1 nay…
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