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Committee adopts amendment and passes bill to name alligator gar Arkansas' state fish after student testimony
Summary
The Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee adopted an amendment reclassifying 'game fish' to 'primitive fish' and passed House Bill 1640 to designate the alligator gar as Arkansas' state fish after testimony from a McNair Middle School student.
A Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development committee on an unspecified date considered House Bill 1640, adopted a drafting amendment and approved the measure by voice vote after hearing testimony from a Fayetteville middle-school student.
Senator Johnson, who ran the bill in committee, described the amendment: "This amendment just, just adds or changes game fish to primitive fish. That's throughout the throughout the bill. That's that's…
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