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Senate agriculture committee advances ambulance authority for injured police dogs, agency-name cleanup and swine-feed rule change
Summary
The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee recommended 'do pass' on multiple short bills: authorizing ambulance transport and first aid for injured police dogs, running Senate Bill 637 for consideration, renaming the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission into the Department of Agriculture as an agency-cleanup, and removing a drafting word in House Bill 1575 tied to swine-feed rules. All moved by voice vote.
A Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee on Friday cleared several brief, technical measures by voice vote, including a provision to allow ambulance crews to transport and provide first aid to injured police dogs, a motion to advance Senate Bill 637 for consideration, an agency-cleanup renaming the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission into the Department of Agriculture, and a one-word edit to rules governing swine feed.
Senator Charles Beckham (District 12) and other committee members characterized most measures as housekeeping fixes to correct wording left over from a prior, large transformation act. Senator Beckham said the name change for the natural-resources commission is a simple drafting correction tied to that larger process.
The measure to allow emergency medical services to transport and treat injured police dogs was presented by Senator Wallace. He told the committee the bill would permit an otherwise vacant…
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