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Arkansas committee advances bill to ban state-sponsored race-based preferences after contentious hearing
Summary
Senate Bill 71, sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan, passed the committee after hours of testimony and a heated exchange over whether the bill would criminalize actions by museums and state programs that favor historically marginalized groups.
The State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Senate committee advanced Senate Bill 71 after several hours of debate and public testimony over whether the measure would in practice criminalize programs that give preferences based on race or other characteristics.
Sponsor Sen. Dan Sullivan (Dist. 20) told the committee the bill's intent is to ‘‘end state-sponsored discrimination.’’ "All this does is end state sponsored discrimination," Sullivan said, adding that the attorney general's office had reviewed the bill and found no constitutional infirmities. He acknowledged the bill will have winners and…
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